This is a painting (watercolour) that is showing where our town meets the Pacific. This photo is taken at a welcome roadside pullout on our main street through town which has an open view to the Douglas Channel in northern British Columbia, (Canada). The road is on a mountain that overlooks the town and this view is kept open for people to stop and walk or sit on benches and enjoy the view. This photo is taken during a day of freezing rain which is early in our winter. No snow just yet…but the branches have ice and they are thawing out. The roadside has been open to view but the mountain ash trees are growing where the larger evergreens blocked the view before they were cut back. This photo shows the freezing rain on the deciduous shrubbery, which has the fruit still hanging on the branches. I’m including a previous photo that shows the birds eating the fruit (berries) which in this photo has them covered with snow.
The painting will be of the birds in the trees feeding on the berries. I’ll give more information as the painting progresses.