01 / 09
Beach in St. Barths.
A travel memory held as a broad watercolor scene: palms, water, sand, and the open shape of a Caribbean beach.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
Art project / watercolor
Watercolors in the 1990s.
Large 2-by-3-foot paintings from an earlier body of work: travel scenes, still lifes, and the habit of turning memory into composition.
These were big paintings, often around 2 by 3 feet. Many came from places Lynn and I traveled: a beach in St. Barths, a street in Ile Saint-Louis in Paris, Venice, Old San Juan in Puerto Rico, and Caribbean reef color. Others were still lifes: my Swiss knife and an apple, a plant, three pears, and a bowl of fruit.
02 / 09
Ile Saint-Louis, Paris.
A street scene from Paris, built around the vertical rhythm of buildings, windows, and the slight compression of an old city street.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
03 / 09
Venice canal.
A Venice scene from the older watercolor group: canal, masonry, windows, and the pull of reflected light.
Watercolor.
04 / 09
Old San Juan.
A Puerto Rico street view, full of arches, masonry, shadow, and the warm geometry of old town architecture.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
05 / 09
Caribbean coral reef.
A reef study where the subject becomes pattern, movement, and color layered under the surface.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
06 / 09
Swiss knife and apple.
A still life made from ordinary objects: cut fruit, a red knife, and the small drama of shadow and edge.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
07 / 09
Plant study.
A larger botanical still life, using leaf shapes and red accents as a way to organize the page.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
08 / 09
Three pears.
A simple still life pushed large, with the pears sitting in a field of folded blue cloth.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
09 / 09
Bowl of fruit.
A still life in color and pattern: a bowl, fruit, textile, and the pleasure of a crowded surface.
Watercolor, approximately 2 by 3 feet.
The scale was physical, but the subject was memory.