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A new way to paint and draw for me, starting with my own hand-drawn image in ink, then adding washes of computerized color on a back layer.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wind, water, and wildness have taken me over utterly!
Local fishing boats are my eight-year painting passion. The white wooden Monterey-hull fishing boat is about to disappear--not just to be replaced by metal or fiberglass, but to vanish completely. So too the way of life of local fishing crews for the past 150 years.
Recording these images is an important historical project, yet I don't know of any other California artist emphasizing this. The boats' artistic qualities also interest me. Over its lifetime each craft becomes ever more unique--through every remodeling project of the owner. Not to mention the individual accidents of its working life.
My Artistic Process
To produce my transparent watercolor paintings, I use outdoor sketches, my own photos, and an extensive studio finishing process. This means a sketch and plan for each picture with notes about color, value, textre, weather, compositon, mood, etc. Later I outline the large shapes with pencil on special 300 lb-weight watercolor paper. After soaking it, I lay down a series of color washes to represent the ambient light using the transparent, staining pigments I prefer. As the paper dries, I paint in large basic shapes. Later come darker accent shapes and strokes to bring out structure and texture. This involved process usually takes at least a week from start to finish.
Art and Fear
Art-making for me came very early, and I received excellent secondary-level art training. However other interests and parental dismay influenced me to turn to competing pursuits in social service and education as my employment for decades. I always explored various art media in my free time, though, finally to discover transparent watercolor painting as my favorite medium. In this discovery process the marine paintings of Winslow Homer were another decisive influence. I made a full-time professional commitment to art in 1999.
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