Introduction
Watercolour to me is the loveliest way to put colour on a paper surface. The flowing and blending of the paint in amazingly strong colours always fascinates me. It is a wonderful medium to capture the fickle changes of light and the characteristic and spacious luminosity of a landscape, buildings or a city view.
I enjoy the play of water and colour on paper, the apparent ease, the weightlessness. But sometimes the outcome is unpredictable, it is tight rope walking, skating on paper, finding the balance between drawing and painting, on the narrow edge between success and failure, control and accident.
And even the accidents may be so wonderful that one would never want anything else…
Painting in watercolour looks deceptively easy, gentle and undemanding. In reality it is a complex medium requiring a lot of control, without losing the characteristic spontaneity and transparency. Working progressively from light to dark leaves little room for changing my mind or correcting as I go. This is why I do a lot of sketches and colour studies before I tackle that intimidating bright white sheet of paper. But more often than not I am immediately seized by a subject, have merely confidence in my senses and just go for it - keeping an eye on the composition, of course.
I love thinking about what I observe, what thrills me and why, and how I might translate just that in a personal way on a sheet of paper.
The journey is as important as the destination.
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