When I was thinking about a name for this painting, the squirrels were running around the back yard foraging for nuts. It occurred to me that an artist is kind of like a forager, looking for the next best creation. Not to be confused with an art forger, which is one who copies other artists for monetary gain. Come to think of it, there are not too many watercolour forgers out there. Who's to say that a long lost Turner, Whistler, or Sargent watercolor painting couldn't show up at the local thrift store and sell for a fortune? I suppose the challenge would be in the materials- they used old stock paper and old fashioned pigments that would be hard to come by. But not impossible to get. Maybe one day people will forge my work, although nowadays you just have to right click and select save image!
Art Forager, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, October 2023 (No. 3649b)
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