Yesterday was day 5 of  "MARCH PAINTING MARATHON"
I had arrived at the bridge over the Rideau Canal facing north, towards the Canal, Chateau Laurier Hotel and the Parliament Buildings at around 4pm and worked until  11pm.
I think it really was the most exhausted day so far since the start of the month. I seemed to be in a state of painting madness, but in a very controlled manner, I was like a god who owned the bridge and sight I was focused on. It seemed after my struggle with the first small canvas of the day I had finally got it, nothing could stop me and nothing seemed to be wrong. It was a moment of rare creative inspiration that comes very seldom in an artist's life!
I was on fire, even though the skies changed so rapidly, creating a state of rapid changes to each and every moment.  At approximately  8pm when Patrick John Mills and Marc Casult arrived I had unbelievably competed three small paintings and was working on a fourth, I finished 5 paintings and started a six's when I had to call it quits for the night!

March Painting Marathon Day 3 & 4

After a long day of painting on site at the Rideau Canal, in Ottawa,

we later that night set our sights on going back to the Mackenzie King Bridge to paint the Canal in the dark!

The moment was a sight to be hold, but we were up for the challenge with both myself and Patrick John Mills worked  until the wee hours of the morning.

Despite being totally drained we both left the Canal with a sense of absolute joy and disbelief, that we had done so much in one 24 hour period!

The beauty of the silence of the night and the dancing of the lights will definitely leave a lasting impression         

in our minds for ever as a time when everything seemed to stand still except time itself!

Here is the painting I completed on that mid morning on March 3,4th 2013

Title: Midnight on The Canal

Medium: Acrylic on Board

Size: 48" x 24"

Price: $1200.00

Completed: 2013