Watercolours : Portraits

The artist favours watercolour for flower and nature studies and has produced countless portrait studies in watercolour, including babies and children.  She sometimes combines watercolour with mixed-media, pen, and pencil, using pure watercolour for landscape compositions and more finished portraits.  The compositions for the artist’s major acrylic paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour sketches.

Her landscape compositions are influenced by the poetic approach of Chinese masters who capture the essence of a scene after immersing themselves in the environment. This all-encompassing perspective is in direct contrast to the limiting “snapshot” view painted at the scene.  In some of her watercolour landscapes she paints on crumpled Japanese paper to create a shimmering textural effect.

Watercolours

Theme: Portraits
Watercolours Theme: Portraits
4 Works to view
4 Works to view

Portraits:
  • June (Annandale Street neighbour, from memory) 1994
    drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
    14.8 x 20.4 cm
    W-1994
  • Brother Bill (William) at 8 1962
    watercolour
    29.1 x 22.7 cm
    W-1962-2
  • Uncle Ted in dressing gown 1960
    aka Uncle Ted listening
    watercolour, dip pen and crayon
    53.1 x 35.7 cm
    W-1960
  • Brother Bill, apprehensive 1957
    watercolour with pencil underdrawing
    36.5 x 27.0 cm
    W-1957

Watercolours : Portraits 4 Works to view
Watercolours : Portraits 4 Works to view


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