1155 Winter Shadows, 24x36, oil

Well, I've finally finished working on this piece. There are a lot of lovely transparent glazes in this painting. I think it would make a nice Christmas card.

1155 Winter Shadows, 24x36, Oil (Work in progress)

 I've been working on a larger piece this week. It's in oils because I "oil primed" my larger canvases this last summer and now it restricts what medium I can put on top of it. (lesson learned!) So it's rather slow going waiting days for the layers to dry in between. At this stage I think I will scoop up the colours on my pallet and store them until the layers are dry enough to glaze and scumble. And do corrections and details.

1148 After the Storm, McGill Student Ghetto, egg tempera, 8x19

Sold-Ottawa

This is the McGill student ghetto after a snow storm.  I don't remember which street though. Everyone's digging out.  

1122 The Young Musicians, 8x10, oil on board

1119 Outremont Park, 8x10 oil on board

Sold-Coquitlam BC

I know it's summer now, but I just finished this painting yesterday. 

1036, Le Plateau Mont Royal, 8x10, oil on board

sold

1034 Montreal Scene, McGill Ghetto, 8x10, oil on board

sold-Ontario

I gave this painting a tune-up. That's "Green's Grocery" on the corner down there. I't's been there ever since I can remember. 

1026 McGill Ghetto, Milton, 8x10, oil on board

sold-Manitoba

469 Milton is a great little bookstore that's been there forever.

1020 Montreal Scene, The Rialto, 8x10, oil on board

sold-Bolton Ontario

The Rialto has been around for I don't know how long. I watched Saturday Night Fever At this gorgeous theatre when I was a teenager. (Loved that Movie.....Love John Travolta).There used to be a gym downstairs from the theatre. I wandered into it once out of curiosity. It was the late sixties or early seventies. The gym was just like something out of Rocky. It had a boxing ring and there were men practising boxing and punching those leather punching bags everywhere. The place smelled so strong of sweat and testosterone...  I couldn't breathe. A big hairy man told me to scram. I ran out and never ventured back.  It would sure have made some great subject matter for paintings. 

899 Atwater, Montreal Winter Scene, oil on board, 8x10

sold-Two-Rivers, B.C.

Scene just in front of the old Montreal Forum looking up Atwater.

562 Matin d'Hiver Montreal

Sold

Here's a cold winter morning in Montreal. Parking is a nightmare in winter. People get desperate. That's not my car parked in front of the hydrant.
I love the warm shadows and cool skies.