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Last night I attended the opening night vernissage for another art event in Montréal. This one was to celebrate the exhibition of Montréal's annual city-wide visual arts competition, in which I won First Prize in the amateur Watercolour & Gouache category last year. Past prize winners are ineligible for any new awards for a period of four years, which means that I can’t win any prizes in this competition until 2024. I was still invited to participate in the exhibition, with one artwork, so of course I was happy to do so!

The first photo shows the moment the doors were opened, the view into the centre of this large gallery; the following two photos show the right and left sides of the long exhibition space - and some of the crowds. 

There was already quite a good turnout at 1900, despite the dinnertime schedule!

As for my painting, I chose this particular watercolour because it's a local scene. I painted this one from a series of photographs that I had taken during a rest stop on one of my bike rides, just a few kilometers from this art show.
This old boat was intermittently catching the light, as it drifted around its anchor in a sheltered bat on the Lake of Two Mountains. I was drawn to the gorgeous shimmering light of the boat's reflection in the water, and know immediately that I wanted to paint it.

This art show continues until July 5, 2023, with no entrance fees or tickets needed, so feel free to drop by. It's open every day except Mondays, and also closed for the Canada Day holiday on Saturday July 1, at the Pierrefonds Cultural Centre (lower level), 13850 Gouin Boulevard West, Montréal.

Weekends: 1300-1700

Monday:  Closed

Tue-Thu:  1300-2000

Friday:  1300-1700

Visiting an art show is a lovely way to celebrate the transition from spring to summer, so I hope you'll be able to stop by before July 5, 2023!