Front and Jarvis Rooftops
FEBRUARY 2010 | Acrylic on Canvas | 11″ x 14″
After a ridiculously long delay, I have finally completed another painting. I think this one suffered a bit from being started back in October and then worked on only periodically through to February, but I still like the original subject. This painting shows the rooftops of the historic building on the northeast corner of Front Street East and Jarvis Street, diagonally across from the St. Lawrence Market South building.
In pre-automobile days this row of buildings was the location of the Toronto Hay Market, where immense bales of hay were unloaded, stored, and sold: the fueling depot of its day. You can see the same building on March 18, 1925 in this historic photo. My particular vantage point was from around the corner, looking at the far side of the building with the prominent chimneys.
Today the ground floor of this building houses a restaurant with a prime patio called The Corner Place, which is almost next door to my favourite local pub, The Jason George. [map]
Also, for fun, here’s a small image of my original source photo overlayed with the painting. Move your mouse pointer on and off the image to the right to see the two versions alternate:
Posted February 5th, 2010 at 9:35am