Mead Audio Tours To create the present work, the artist distilled natural structures into geometric shapes, used bold black lines of charcoal to outline forms and suggest movement, and left large unpainted areas of white paper to further enliven the saturated hues and varied paint textures. He applied smooth wet paint against the shoreline, dragged dry pigment across the sky, and scribbled color in the sea and pine trees. Such varied, unblended brushwork defies stereotypes of subtle modulations offering the primary means to success in watercolor. Written by Stephanie Leung, Class of 2009 |
