Looking at this scene of the Decarie expressway got me thinking of the Suriname painting I did in the World Inspired Landscapes series which featured glowing eyes in a dark jungle. Here, the car head and tail lights gave a similar impression but from underneath an overpass bridge. That bizarre feature in the foreground is from another painting I started but never finished decades ago, as usual it got cut up and used for more paintings. Thus, its a realistic painting with surrealism elements added in. Last year as I was using a lot of backs of paintings, I used this method for some weird results. Since I am getting towards the end of the paintings I can cut up, it occurred to me to paint something abstract on a large piece of paper with the intention of cutting it up and using it for landscape painting later on.
Starry night under bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026
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