I just thought I would spend a bit of time talking about my perspective on watercolor. I love atmosphere, evocation and the ability to journey
into a painting. A scene painter I am not. I try to avoid anything predictable. Painting, for me, is experiential. It rarely is about description and documentation. So much watercolor painting these days focuses on a kind of stiff realism with which I cannot resonate. I find, upon viewing works of a more traditional vintage, that, although I applaud the skill and competency, I keep looking for more happening- in the color, the surface, the paint application and, most of all, the visual "idea".
Painters often come to my watercolor workshops and classes to " loosen up".! It's so much more exciting to layer and glaze with an open , adventurous mind.
If any of these comments resonate with you..... please come to my workshop on July 7/8 (for details:
(http://workshops.mmwartworks.net/MMW%20WORKSHOPS.html)and find out for yourself! Here are a few images to nudge you:
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| Visit From Rose World 15"x22" © Mira M. White (in personal collection) |
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| Hu- man form 8"x8" © Mira M. White |
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| Land +Scape 8"x21" © Mira M. White |
