First Day of Fall in Boston Public Garden

First Day of Fall in BPG

Students, tourists, lunch walkers, street people, retirees, young and old; it seemed like everyone was taking advantage of the picture perfect weather on this, the first day of fall.   As usual I parked at a meter on Charles Street and set up just inside the entrance to the Boston Public Garden.    Looking down the central path I could see the famous orb shaped lanterns and the sculpture of George Washington on horseback.  






First Day of Fall - Ending Stage

This iconic Public Garden view has probably been sketched, painted and photographed thousands of times.  Well add one more painting to that - however - never before was it painted today.  The composition has the viewer entering on the left along the dark diagonal edge of the path and travelling directly to the people and globe shaped lanterns.   Multiple orange canna lilies towered over bright gold green caladiums.   These colors were even brighter and more vivid against the huge dark purple beech tree.  The transparent darks of the beech are catching glare so in this photo the beech does not look as dark as it really is in the painting.  Before I post to the website, I'll need to get a better (non-glare) photo.



First Day of Fall - Boston Public Garden

What the painting does not show is that on either side of the easel were (six foot) tall rose bushes with six inch blossoms.   The scent of roses was a heavenly bonus for the duration of the paint-out.





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Photo of Maureen Painting
(by Photographer Samson Chen)