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It is very difficult to explain my "technique" since so often it is intuitive as it is particularly so in "Seasons." Consequently, with this one in particular, I still marvel at what I created and miss my painting... It is also what makes it very difficult to just start painting again.... and takes time to think about.... time that needs to be added to the "time it takes to create each painting" ...
Painted intuitively from heartfelt memories of the heavy fog and mist in the northeast landscape, "Seasons" is an original unique abstract impressionistic watercolor painting in a private collection in Florida.
Background on the creation of this painting:
When I painted "Season," I had painted a lot of paintings that day, maybe as many as six (6), all with some direction in mind. Then... thinking about Zoltan Zabo style... I just put some dabs of color on a wet watercolor block, especially my favorite and unusual for watercolor, the deep red. After I let the paper and blobs of color dry, I just played around with a few wisps of grasses and used a palette knife to add a tree. I actually had not done a tree in watercolor for many years, so I was experimenting with how to do one.
Quiet satisfied with my painting, and really having no clue as to what motivated it, I got to keep it for ten (10) years until someone finally recognized that it was "really good," and asked to purchase it. How could I say "No"? So it has a home next door to my daughter's house with her neighbors in Florida.
