Watercolour Portfolio

Sumatra, Indonesia 1985

Luxemburg, 1970's.

Mamaturk, this is a copy of a postcard I found of an oil painting which I liked very much. I can't recall the name of the artist sorry. I was really pleased with my version despite it being a copy of someone else's work.

Pub in western Ireland, 1970's

Aubu Simbel, Egypt, 1985.

Traditional costumes, Spakenburg, Netherlands 1980's

The view from my apartment in Chicago, 1995.

Farafra village, Western Desert, Egypt, 1985

Ireland, 1980's

Inisheer women, Ireland, 1980's

Wool shed, Australia, 1986

Atol, New Caledonia 1986

Shed Austrian Alps.

Bag in Tiglin Adventure Centre, Ireland.

Borobudur, Indonesia, 1986

San Giovanni i Venere, Abruzzo, Italy, 1996.
The last watercolour I ever did.

Introduction:

wa·ter·col·our n

A painting created with pigments mixed with water rather than oil

I learned how to use watercolours while studying architecture. For the first 9 classes I struggled intensely with the medium, but week 10 brought success. From hat moment forward it became my favorite medium which I mainly practiced while traveling. I used to created visual diaries of my travels, with and without text. I must have started painting with watercolours in the late '70s and continued till the early 90' when I became dissatisfied with the medium and the way I was 'capturing' what I saw. Later I switched to soft pastel. I never 'pushed' the medium, I merely used it for illustration. Although some works are clever I do not regard them as works of art as there is a sense of concept missing. What does unify all my works is that they are made on location and places where I felt the urge to linger, absorb it's essence and somehow capture that. I can't wait to do that again, but different of course, painting what I feel rather than what I see.

Watercolours from various countries

Introduction:

The Artist

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