Springtime in Victoria
Watercolour and oil pastel
©2018 Charlene Brown
Here we are in Victoria, complaining about our late spring while the rest of the country
is still enduring ice storms and record-breaking April snowfalls. Our snow
storms are pink, and consist of petals from plum and cherry trees which began
blossoming in March (should have been
February) and the tulip magnolias are now in full
bloom.
The title of this blog post hints at how I composed
this view of Victoria Harbour. It is based on a panorama photograph taken from
a much lower angle, which only hints at the various details. Individual blossoming
trees cannot actually be seen in the original, and putting three cruise ships
at Ogden Point was a bit of a stretch.
The cruise season is barely underway and so far we’ve only had two ships stop
here on their way from the Caribbean to the Alaska run.
