St. James Park
MAY 2010 | Acrylic on Canvas | 6″ x 8″ | View Larger »
This is a view from St. James Park, looking south towards King Street East. The man on the bench is being flocked by pigeons as he feeds them while a TTC 504 streetcar passes by in the background. I think St. James Park is one of Toronto’s nicest (and Toronto Life agrees) especially the southernmost “English Garden” portion which is always carefully planted with lush flowers around a fountain. This spring all the tulips are purple.
I’m not sure what inspired me to try to fit so much detail into a tiny canvas. This was meant to be a quick sketch but of course it didn’t happen that way. For the most part I think it works, though there are a few imperfect details. [map]