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Watercolors Lake Oswego, Oregon Maud Durland, an award-winning Oregon watercolor artist, captures her motifs in a figurative and contemporary style. She is known for her calming renderings of landscapes and she also likes to paint a variety of other subjects. Light and shadows are essential components in her paintings. "I'm looking for motifs that are beautiful and make you dream away. I believe we need that to find balance in our busy lives. I am especially fascinated by landscapes. My favorite sceneries I have found in California. I love those rolling hills and the vineyards. When the light is right...

Irving Shapiro an American painter known for his nature sketches Irving Shapiro was born in Chicago. He studied painting at the Art Institute and the American Academy of Art, both in Chicago. He taught art at the Academy from 1945 until he retired. Many artists working in watercolor today mention Shapiro as one of their influential teachers. — Watercolor Masters: Irving Shapiro © 2010 Greg Conley —

Paul Moran, a British artist living in Cairo, Egypt "Watercolour painting is about painting the light. I think the nature of this medium is perfect for capturing an impression of Cairo, or rather how I feel about this city’s amazing landscapes. Looking out of the window on the way to work from Maadi to New Cairo is never uninspiring, but the skies are particularly beautiful in this season; backlit clouds skirting the horizon, soft areas of rose-yellow merging with the low desert hills and skeletal cities. Late afternoon on the way back and huge clouds bustle far away to diffuse...

American "Childe Hassam had the marvelous facility of painting almost every nuance of color his eye could see. Or so it seems. This he appeared to do effortlessly, though it was hardly the case. His technique was formed through the discipline of long years of study, travel, and practice. He was a landscapist in a realist manner who demonstrated a poetic eye for color and pattern. He used many figures in his renderings of the outdoors, but the people he painted, as well as the landscape itself, often became more important as shapes and colors seen in changing or shimmering...

American Reginald Marsh is best known for his paintings of New York City daily life: burlesque shows, Coney Island, the Bowery, movie houses, and elevated trains. His favorite resource was Coney Island, where he would rapidly fill sketchbooks with drawings of the bathers in all postures and positions. With additional photographs he developed a fine sense of human form and anatomy. Reginald Marsh was born in Paris, son of two artists, but the family settled in New Jersey when he was two. He graduated Yale University in 1920 and moved to New York where he worked as an illustrator for...

Perkinsville, Vermont, USA Award-winning, nationally exhibited Vermont artist Robert J. O'Brien has been painting in watercolor for over thirty years. Since moving to New England in 1977, he has focused his brushes on capturing the dynamic light splashing through the landscapes and architecture of the northeast United States. Robert was born in 1954 in Rochester, New York. His creative endeavors in watercolor led him to seek the tutelage of the likes of Tony Couch, James Whatford, and the late Marshall Joyce, A.W.S. Using his mastery of fluid and dry brush techniques as a starting point, Robert strives to capture the...

Connecticut, USA "Pinwheels" © Birgit O'Connorwww.birgitoconnor.com California, USA "White Dress" © Jeannie Mcguirewww.jeanniemcguire.com Pennsylvania, USA "Central Park" © Arthur Kvarnstromwww.arthurkvarnstrom.com New York, USA "Scottish Village" © Grant Fullerwww.grantfuller.ca British Columbia, Canada "Still Life Impressions of Japan" © Kaaren Oreck, NWSwww.kaarenoreck.com Wisconsin, USA