I had wanted to paint this location for some time. But it is difficult to paint an empty Loblaws parking lot. So on Christmas day I biked down to Loblaws and took photos for research material. And on Sunday January 1st 2006 I had an appointment to paint this canvas.

I had a very difficult time getting out of bed in the morning. Fuck it was hard. I was having an interesting dream that was cut short. But it was time to get out and get to work. So I forced myself to eat some breakfast. And put a few snacks together. It took me a little while to organize my equipment.

But I arrived on location around 8 am. It was a beautiful day. The weather was good. Not too cold and no real wind chill. My easel was not working and my screw driver had the incorrect bit. I had to figure out a way. So I walked around the Loblaws to see what I could use to paint on. There was the metal table that was not chained up, nor bolted to the ground. So I used my transport unit and placed it where I wished.

Erika drove over with Isabelle in the car to say hello. She had made me an extra hot chocolate.

I was really experimenting with my brush work. I have started to get bored with the past landscape work and really wished to push myself in a different direction.

I was getting a little hungry. So I started to see what snacks I had brought to eat. But the fruit had all frozen, so it was only the chips and half frozen Dr. Pepper.

The painting was almost complete and it started to snow. I could have just stopped and quickly put my canvas in the transport unit, and walked home. But fuck it. I really wanted to challenge myself. If things did not work out there was a large garage can that was close - that would have been more than happy to eat a shit painting.

So the snow was falling off the palette and onto the canvas.

thank you.