As a relatively new painter, I am still exploring and attempting to find ways to express my artistic ideas and feelings. Watercolor is a great teacher because it is somewhat less forgiving than other media, requiring one to think ahead before commiting paint to paper. On the other hand, it readily provides for spontaneity in the way paint, water, and paper interact to produce unpredictable results. As far as my journey as an artist is concerned, I like to characterize it in the way a great California watercolorist, Milford Zornes, has remarked: "I'm a painter and I will leave it to others to decide whether what I produce is art".
We often drive up the California coast just to spend a few days admiring the beautiful scenery. In June, while staying in Cambria, I joined a workshop that was painting at Montana del Oro, a State Park near Morro Bay. I did this painting of the surf crashing on the rocks below the cliffs.
posted by Alan Marriott @ 1:06 PM
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