With many flights grounded and vacation dreams dashed, I decided to post some memories of my past world travels. This painting was one of the first ones I did in Amsterdam when Cilei and I visited back in 2018. There was a strong odor of cannabis. Later on we would learn that the locals in fact do not smoke much cannabis, but the tourists do. They seemed to be a rather conservative society. The Centraal station is a huge, sprawling building that is ornately decorated. I hardly did it justice in this small painting.
Centraal Station Amsterdam, watercolour 5.5 x 7.5" cold press, 2018 (No. 1302)
Afterwards I headed up to Glasgow solo to visit a friend at the University. This painting shows the famous Clyde river that cuts through Glasgow with one of the many bridges that cross it. It was very windy that day I remember my palette blowing away once. I also got to use the new colours that I bought a local art store, in this painting I used green gold (PY129) for the greenery.
Clyde River, Steel Bridge, Glasgow, watercolour 5.5 x 7.5" cold press, 2018 (No. 1319)
I went to a conference in Japan and this was one of many paintings I did there on my spare time. This statue of a horse was appealing but there was no way I could manage the detail of its rider. I settled for this composition which gives you the idea. I like the variations of grey, and how the block has one yellow side and one pale grey side.
Statue hooves, Japan, watercolour 5 x 8" cold press, 2006 (No. 1203-1)
On yet another conference I took some time to paint the water around Denmark's Copenhagen. It was a misty blue filled with turquoise and emerald. I made great use of cerulean blue (PB35) and phthalo green (PG7). The rolling hills fade into the distance.
Emerald Waters, Copenhagen, Denmark, watercolour 7.5 x 11" cold press, 2010 (No. 1215)
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