510 Spadina Streetcar
510 Spadina Streetcar
MAY 2009 | Acrylic on Canvas | 8″ x 10″
I wandered a bit farther west than usual to snap this photo on Spadina just north of Richmond Street. Although this is a couple blocks south of Chinatown, you can see the awning for the Double Dragon Asian restaurant in the background. The streetcar itself is a southbound 510 car to Union Station. It was just rolling to a stop, with the doors about to open for the approaching passenger.
This was intended to be a small “quickie” painting, but it turned out to be much more detailed and difficult than I expected. There are a lot of very unforgiving lines on a streetcar, and the flat colours messed with my perception of depth. I’m moderately happy with it, though I think it could be better. [map].
You can purchase various prints of this painting from DeviantArt.
Posted May 20th, 2009 at 9:57pm
August 6th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
The streetcar works. The man heads needs working a bit.
August 30th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I’m there again - right behind that guy.