Done

(C) 2017 Dale DiMauro

Well, I finally finished this watercolor. There is a little study of the subject's head which I included when I posted this. That little glint of sun across the paddlers neck makes the profile convincing.

This composition with the paddler off center I find endlessly captivating. He seems to glide cross the surface of the river from light into dark as the ripples lap towards the viewer. The depiction of water as inspired by nature can lead an artist in so many different directions. Water can be conveyed in so many ways from the calm surface of a pool, to swirls, cascades or waterfalls. Not to mention all its frozen qualities.

The inspiration for this painting came from a paddle I went on with members of the Brattleboro Outing Club. The water level was higher than usual enabling us to paddle farther into inlets and past floating logs and see nesting birds which one can't usually approach.