Durian Season Is Here Again!

Javier is almost 3-month old!! and he can roll over sideways and hold his head up already!!! :-)

I had initially planned to paint around Chinatown with a few artist friends but just as I was about to board the train, my friend (who lives at the western part of Singapore) called and said it has started to rain and called off the plein aire session.

I live at the eastern part and the sky was already covered with dark clouds but still holding on....and since I'm already at the train station, rain or no rain, I decided to paint anyway, but chose another location nearer to the East, hoping that it wouldn't rain in this part of Singapore.

I alighted at Aljunied Station, and walked towards Sims Avenue when I spotted a couple of trucks and workers unloading tons of durians, the king of fruits. ** Durian is a seasonal tropical fruit with torn-like spikes on its shell and the contents are milky, creamy in colour. It smells like vintage wine to those who love it, or rotten eggs to those who hate it. **

Me? I don't hate it (used to hate it when I was a kid), but I don't worship it like some people either... ;-)

Well, looking at the photo below, I guess it's in season now...

The scene - truck loads of DURIANS!!

This is where I'm seated with the almost finished painting.

The painting and my tools

Here's the final result... For some reasons, I wasn't too pleased with this painting. I couldn't pin-point what wasn't right though... it just doesn't feel right....perhaps I'm not used to painting vehicles.

It's half-sheet of Fabriano Artistico (14" x 21"), painted using W&N, Rembrandt and M.Graham Artists Paint. Comments and critique welcome as usual.