Sparks Street - En Plein Air Painting - Patrick John Mills - Winter Painting, Snow Storms, -33 degree Celsius,

Sparks Street - View of Parliament

En Plein Air Painting - Patrick John Mills - Winter Painting.

I worked on this painting for over a month. I painted 8 days... The weather was very different each day.  There were two snow storms. It was very damn cold two of the 8 days... -33 degree Celsius.  

There was so much detail and so much information to consider while working on this painting. This painting was certainly one of my most difficult subjects to render.  

Live Love Art

Patrick

www.PatrickJohnMills.com

 Sparks Street (view of Parliament). 

oil on canvas. 36 x 48 inches. Dec 2014 - Jan 2015. Price: $1800

working on location - photo taken by Robert Faubert

painting / working on location - photo taken by Robert Faubert 

starting the painting

mapping out the painting... putting in measurements and basic form

very early stage in the painting - Day One

 working on this painting ... I worked on this painting for a month.  I kept building up the painting and developing the layers and subject matter. 

a special thank you to Robert Faubert for taking these photographs 

detail of finished painting

I wanted the sky, the snow to break into the walls of the building.

To integrate the elements of nature.  For the snow to be free

Freedom

it was -33 degree Celsius two days while working on this painting.

The paint behaves differently. The textures are very unique.

  

close up of the finished painting... the Snow Storm.

I really had fun painting these elements of the painting

a good great friend Annie came out to say hello and be supportive