Road Trip

This coming week my watercolor classes start, so today I've been doing some prep for that. I may not get to my easel until late tonight. Thinking about watercolor and my recent trip to the Denver area, it's a good day to post these shots. This beautiful canyon is in Utah somewhere between Grand Junction, CO and Richfield, Utah. The other photo is my watercolor "Alaska" over my bother's mantle. Last fall he purchased many of my paintings and being an accomplished woodworker, built the frames himself with all kinds of woods and some inlays. He also builds beautiful custom furniture in the Arts & Crafts Style. What a treat it was to see my work framed with such creativity and care.

To see "Alaska" see labels at bottom of this post and click on Alaska.

"Alaska" SOLD

watercolor on paper 10x14 inches

While visiting San Diego a few years ago I took lots of boat pictures, one of which was used as a reference for this painting. The complementary pair rust and blue was the first attraction, but the contrast of the white vessel against the grays really makes the painting. I used just four colors, mostly my old standbys: quinacrodone burnt orange and ultramarine blue.