Boat Trip Watercolours

Boat Trip
Original watercolour and gouache painting on heavy hand made watercolour paper.
Abstractions from Venice - part of a recurring series in which I explore the greens, the insubstantiality and light qualities of Venice. Working towards abstraction gives the elements I am interested in the freedom to take shape in the painting.
Poetry and painting mingle together in these paintings of Venice as I remember the light airy canals, the vast planes of sea, the flat slivers of light.
Watercolour let loose seems to be the most appropriate and expressive medium for this subject.
The watercolour painting is unframed on heavy weight archival paper

Size of painting
16.5 x 11.5 inches
42 x 29 cm

This original watercolour painting by me Elizabetha Fox is inspired by a winter holiday to Venice. The temperature was -5 but the light and clarity of the air was fantastic. I made many sketches, which are shown in the video on this listing, and from that, made this painting.