Quebec Month / Installment 13
Underfoot and mostly unnoticed as we trek to our destinations, manhole covers rest snugly in their circular grade-level perches all around Quebec City. With their spare adornment, they are immovable except with great effort, securely guarding their underground treasures of utility.
Quebec Month / Installment 12
Driving a couple of hours north of Quebec City in the beautiful Charlevoix region, we came across this bright red tractor along a scenic stretch of the St. Lawrence coast. Farm tractors are rarely situated this close to a shore line, so its rustic charm beckoned the camera.
Jazz Saints
Quebec Month / Installment 11
Not long ago I posted some pics I took of graffiti in Montreal. Painted wall art is another form of creative expression that is different from graffiti, but sometimes in only subtle ways. I’m sure someone has worked out the technical distinction between such things, but however these art forms are categorized, Montreal is a rich showcase for a great deal of both (as well as other street art variants — such as kinetic art, elaborate light shows and light sculptures — that I could not readily capture).
Painted Cargo Container
Quebec Month / Installment 10
Delivery Bikes
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Bikes For Rent
Quebec Month / Installment 9
This video by Takki Eddine Alimat, an independent Montreal filmmaker, nicely captures the intense energy and colors of his hometown.
Quebec Month / Installment 8
Multicolored Marquee, Rue Sainte Catherine
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Theater Lights, Rue Sainte Catherine
Quebec Month / Installment 7
I have some other Montreal wall art still to share, but, at the moment, I’ve singled out the above piece because of the unusual medium — painted cardboard — used by its creator. By the time I came upon this contemporary take on a traditional Pacific Northwest totem pole, the work had seen better days but it still held up quite well. The brightly colored eagle, beaver and cow (a modern update for a totem pole!) are set off nicely by the intricate carvings in the corrugated cardboard.
Jeremy Price, “St. Henri”
Quebec Month / Installment 6
Although Jeremy Price is originally from Ontario and studied art in both Ontario and British Columbia, much of his body of work is a modern impressionist take on Montreal, a city where he now lives and which serves as his muse. With precise painterly brush strokes, he nicely captures the character of that busy city and explores the every day goings on within its many quaint neighborhoods. “St. Henri” (above) splashes dappled city lights across its canvas, while “Rink Maintenance” (below) depicts an annual rite that is quintessentially Canadian.
Jeremy Price, “Rink Maintenance”
More of Price’s terrific takes on Montreal can be seen at his cjeremyprice website here and his WordPress blog, cjeremyprice.
Quebec Month / Installment 5
Wow! Montreal has a lot of amazingly cool graffiti — and not just the quickly dashed out monochromatic tag variety. In that city, wielders of spray paint have taken the graffiti form to a more vibrant, artistic level that brightens rather than blightens. Here are some of these artfully done works that caught my eye as I recently roamed the city’s streets.
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Rustic Barn with Red Doors, Ile de Orleans
Quebec Month / Installment 4
Situated just a few miles north of Quebec City is the Ile de Orleans, a smallish island of about 20 miles in length and one of the earliest areas settled in Quebec. Its coast-hugging main road is filled with postcard-perfect pastoral vistas bordered by wide expanses of the St. Lawrence and distant rolling mountains.
Small Barn Overlooking St. Lawrence River, Ile de Orleans
Early Spring Farm Field, Ile de Orleans
Old Farm Wagon, Ile de Orleans
Green Space On the St. Lawrence, Ile de Orleans
Tombstone with Cross, Sainte Famille Church, Ile de Orleans
Farm and Silos, Ile de Orleans
Old Barn with Rusted Roof, Ile de Orleans
Cemetery, Sainte Famille Church, Ile de Orleans
Sainte Famille Church, Ile de Orleans
