Water Is My Favorite Element
Swimming has always been my favorite sport and painting water in watercolor is my latest obsession.
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Untethered In Blue
22" x 30" watercolor on paper. I shot the reference images for “Untethered In Blue” in an indoor pool at night. The model was the only swimmer in the pool and the surface was calm. The artificial light was not inspirational so I created my own swirls and eddies of paint color and value with a technique I like to call “flinging paint”. -
Bliss
28" x 22" watercolor painting on Arches 300 lb paper. The cool values of the water contrasting with the warm values of the skin made this image irresistible to paint. I have always been inspired by water and its unique, unpredictable effects on the objects around it. It has always had a calming effect on me. I love the way that light and color are reflected and refracted on its surface and how below its surface objects are distorted into abstract shapes. “Bliss” was accepted to the South Carolina Watercolor Society’s 43rd Annual National Exhibition and was awarded Best of Show. -
The Treading Tribe
30” x 22” watercolor on Arches 300 lb paper. For exercise and sanity, four friends and I (known as the Treading Tribe) treaded water almost every day of the summer during the pandemic. The Tribe agreed to model and as I submerged underwater I immediately had the feeling of being in a very quiet, peaceful room full of amazing shifting patterns. I was so inspired by the feeling that I knew this would not be an isolated experience. What started as shooting a few images for one painting, evolved into shooting hundreds of photographs for multiple paintings. -
Remember When...
30" x 22" watercolor on Arches 300 lb paper. The baking warmth of the orange tiles with the cool blue greens of the water drew me to paint this image. Each time I paint water I learn something new and in this image it was the impact of shadows it’s surface. “Remember When…” was accepted into the 41st Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s International Juried Exhibition and was awarded a merchandise award.