martedì 22 maggio 2012

fragments of venice




© JANE MINTER
"fragments of venice"  
initial watercolour study 
28 x 76cm Arches
working from memory




30 commenti:

Sophia Khan ha detto...

Jane,

I have been enthusiastically following your work for some time and just have to chime in here to say....this is just breathtaking. It conveys such a sense of serenity and mystery. Beautiful work, as always.

Floriana Quaini ha detto...

Ciao Jane,
fantastica questa Venezia! Ha l'aria misteriosa ed evanescente che ben si adatta alla Venezia reale!
Ciao, ciao, Floriana

Rita Vaselli ha detto...

Veramente suggestivo questo frammento veneziano!Quando si tratta di atmosfere...tutti i tuoi lavori,Jane, sono immersi in questa speciale aria,in questo spazio etereo!Affascinanti!!!

Sonia Aguiar ha detto...

Jane, el colorido es espectacular!

ann @ studiohyde ha detto...

Love the colour and the atmosphere in this piece.

Laura ha detto...

Fabulous watery aqua colours so typical for Venice. Lots left to the imagination too. Just beautifully scrumptious all round... :-)

Jeanette Jobson ha detto...

Exquisite colours. That turquoise so appeals to me.

Sadami ha detto...

Hi, Jane,
This is one of the most elegant and soft Venice I've ever seen!
Ciao! Sadami

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hi sophia so glad you left a comment ..see your love of architecture and art ...not to mention venice ..thankyou for your kind words .

ciao floriana nearly disappeared completely !..glad you think it works grazie mille

ciao rita grazie mille ..i was working from memory with this study.

hi sonia thankyou :)

hello ann thankyou so much .

hi laura i'm glad you like it thankyou ..will post another wash of "aqua" and just the lagoon

hi jeanette ...i went to venice on monday to see the klimt exhibition very grey cold and raining ..i love venice in the rain there is something magical ... wanted to get something down quickly on paper to remember the accentuated colours ..thankyou

hi sadami your too kind ... will keep working on this idea needs refining ..thankyou .

Judy ha detto...

Beautiful Jane! Fantastic that aqua colour!

Watermarycolors ha detto...

Hi Jane, Very Nice watercolor, you can see Venice there.. love the blue!
Cheers

Sandra Busby ha detto...

This is beautiful and tranquil! Love it :0)

Unknown ha detto...

Beautiful piece Jane, and one that will certainly capture the senses of anyone that had seen that beautiful city!

VICTOR VERGARA ha detto...

Preciosa en tonos turquesas.

Jane ha detto...

Lovely and ethereal ...Turner came to my mind :-)

Noemí González ha detto...

Una brumosa Venecia con un agua mágica!

Gatepost productions ha detto...

Love it ...the mist rising, mysterious, magic ... the greens.. it all works so well, Jane :0)


I've never been to Venice

Anonimo ha detto...

Nice movement and colour in this one, Jane.

renate ha detto...

Hello Jane:) This is so beautiful. Love the colors. Very nicely done!

JANE MINTER ha detto...

mari jose sandra michael victor noemi john maggie + renate thankyou all so very much for your feedback ..i'm so lucky to live so close to venice .

Anamaria do Val ha detto...

You're so talented, Jane! your watercolours capture and convey feelings and athmosphere. I could be here all day looking at this beautiful Venice...Bravo!

Meera Rao ha detto...

so delicate and turquoisy --I really love it! and Kudos for working from memory --thats is really special!

Tito ha detto...

Grande Jane! Bellissima Venezia! Ciao.

Angela ha detto...

wow so beautiful and serene and really sums up the atmosphere of venice.

Theresa Evans ha detto...

I absolutely love this Jane! So beautiful, atmospheric and original! x

JANE MINTER ha detto...

anamaria that's such a lovely comment thankyou

meera it's a good way to work ..thankyou .

grazie tito ..hope your show was a success

many thanks angela

hi theresa many thanks i was excited about what happen here ..will experiment more :)

Cristina Dalla Valentina ha detto...

Bellissimo, Jane... semplicemente incantevole!

Beatriz ha detto...

lovely!

Marty ha detto...

this is very beautiful jane ! love the colors of your work

JANE MINTER ha detto...

cristina grazie mille :)

beatriz thankyou for visiting my blog

thanks so very much marty !