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As you know, I used to be a daredevil watercolorist. I would occasionally pull out a full-sheet of Yupo, the slick, synthetic "paper" with zero absorbency, let my hair down, and do the wild thing. With Yupo, the artist has very little control over the painting process. Paints puddle in oddest places and do their own crazy stuff. "Red Sails" is the probably the best Yupo painting I have ever done. I absolutely adore its drippy, watery, lyrical quality.
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| "Red Sails" (watercolor on Yupo, 20" x 26") sold |
"Morning Harbor" is another watercolor painting on Yupo. It depicts a harbor in northern England bathed in the morning light. There are no puddles in the painting! I don't know how I was able to pull it off. I probably tried a few times to get it just right. (The Yupo surface mars easily; one cannot make corrections easily.) If I had not told you, you would not have thought it was a Yupo painting. It has an airy, serene, whispering quality. Which painting do you like better?
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