After painting the back of the
Swedish auto shop, I decided to do a profile of its front side. The owners keep the walls painted a fresh white yellow and blue, graffiti does not last long on this business. Many such places have been bought up and converted into condos, but there are still two or three along Maisonneuve blvd.
Swedish auto front, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, June 2026
A pub called Stogies in on the right, with a view up Crescent street on the middle left of this painting. Its a busy corner during rush hour, lots of cars and people going home from work. I've stood on this corner several times, there are great spots to set up beside the big stone staircases. I used to sit in a chair and this was one of the few spots I could set up downtown. In 2020 I developed the method of painting standing up, using my bike to hold the gear. That opened up the possibilities for painting in dense areas.
Stogies Crescent street, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2026
Around Concordia University downtown campus, this alley contains three dumpsters coloured lemon, lime and avocado green. The front one had spray paint all over which I replaced with my initials and year. It came out surprisingly realistic. Strong sun and near 30℃ weather made for some balmy conditions reminiscent of our trip to Brazil back in February.
Lemon lime avocado dumpsters, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2026
I was just enjoying standing on this spot in the heat with sunlight beaming down, so I made another quick painting looking west on Maisonneuve with a view of Ben and Jerry's ice cream store.
Ben and Jerry's , watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2026
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