L’Îsle de Cité, Ponts Sully & Marie

Paris has added the Batobus on the Seine - a wonderful way for tourists to tour the museums and other highlights from the water. For a few Euro, you can purchase a pass that allows you to hop on and off the ship all day long.

In this scene, the sun was going down behind the L’Isle de la Cité. The evening skies are often magical in Paris. In painting this scene, my goal was to show the vibrancy of the sky in contrast with the moody and beautiful dark patina of the buildings.