This Ron Ranson book on Watercolour Impressionists arrived in the post today. It is utterly marvellous and has rekindled my desire to paint again. I hadn’t heard of Douglas Treasure before but his paintings are marvellous I particularly like the simplicity in this beached boat scene?…..Cont’d
I have heard it said that watercolour is at its best at its most simplified, well, you can’t get much simpler than this and it is wonderful. Looks easy but takes a genius to pull it off. My photo doesn’t do it justice, but on the published page it looks wonderful!
Great endorsement to say that paintings in the book rekindle your desire to paint.👍
What a fantastic painting
Love that book. He talks about a new artist, the talented john Yardley
Yes I’ve briefly seen that section Edo. The whole book is wonderful. The Trevor Chamberlsin and Seago articles appear worth the money alone. A bit disappointed there is no mention of James Fletcher Watson nor Ray Campbell Smith but then I’d miss out on Treasure and others.
I have a movie from Ranson, where he shows watercolours from Artists in his living room. The one from Douglas treasure was on his wall! I liked Claude Croneys paintings also a lot.
I’ll be getting into the book more over the coming weeks. In it he did say he saw Treasures painting displayed in the window of the exhibition gallery and knew straight away he had to buy it. He beat me to it by a few decades 👍😉
Very nice too Edo. Definitely items to be treasured
Which piece of work are you most satisfied with?
