Coldest Day of Winter

This illustration began as a sketch in my sketchbook of a street scene in the Mile End on the coldest day of the year where the temperature dropped to -40 C. It was my first winter in Montreal and I remember never experiencing a day so cold before so I made a point of spending time outside, walking around the Mile-End, the neighbourhood depicted in this illustration.

Around the same time as I finished this illustration, Turkey and Syria were struck by a ferocious earthquake. I printed a limited quantity of these and sold them, donating 100% of the revenue to support those most affected.