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Fine Art I have been painting watercolors since 2005, after moving to Gloucester. Having always been able to draw well, I took painting lessons My life as a designer is mostly involved with computer related tasks, and thankfully painting does not. To inquire about availability of paintings for sale, please contact me. |
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| SUNSET AT PIRATE'S LANE: A Gloucester harbor scene taken from the parking lot of the Cape Ann Art Association. A watercolor, painted from a series of photographs. | WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND: Watercolor, painted from a photograph I took on one of the drives around my new hometown, Gloucester. There are always many boats tied up at their berths awaiting the influx of weekend sailors. | RIVER RAFT IN SCOTLAND: Watercolor. Painted from a photograph in a Sail Magazine calendar which I designed some years ago. SOLD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DAWN AT LANES COVE, ROCKPORT: Watercolor from a photograph at one of my first painting lessons. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MENEMSHA: Watercolor. I took a photograph when visiting Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard, and was struck by this unusual mooring arrangement in a creek only yards from a beach and sand dunes.
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HIGHVELD CAPE DUTCH: Watercolor. I found a black and white photograph in a book about varied South African architecture. What is unusual about this painting is that this house with its distinctive gables, was built a thousand miles north of the western Cape, where this type of farmhouse is usually found. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MOTIF #1, SERIES: Watercolors. Cape Ann has many beautiful scenes that beg to be painted, but none more so than that of Motif #1, Rockport's ubiquitous landmark. I approached the subject from that of a wandering tourist, capturing glimpses from unusual vantage points – from an alleyway, behind a building and through the window of a gift store. SOLD |
THE PAINT FACTORY: Watercolor. Another Cape Ann landmark is Gloucester's 's Paint Factory. This view avoids the old painted lettering that make it stand out from it's surroundings. Locals recognize it anyway.
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FOGGY DAWN: Watercolor. The effect of sun shining through dense fog is something to marvel at. SOLD
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WINGAERSHELLS: A Watercolor. Ever since I moved to beautiful Gloucester, I would pick up a shell or a piece of interesting flotsam as a souvenir of my daily walks on nearby Wingaersheek beach. This was painted partially as a still-life and the background is a remembered scene at the beach. SOLD
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| BIRCHES: Watercolor. From a photograph painted in one morning at one of my earliest painting classes. |
BEACH HOUSE AND ROCKS: Watercolor.
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e-mail: melverde@comcast.net
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