Another in the mad scramble to get some paintings ready for a local show. This one is of the main street in Southport where I live. I think I have mentioned this before, that the low winter evening sun ( on the rare occasions when we see it) casts a golden glow over the shopfronts and lends a dreamlike feel to the street. I think I have captured that feel down the end of the street. I also liked the long shadows cast by the pedestrian and cars. In the past I have perhaps got a little dark with the buildings but hopefully, this time, have dodged that particular pitfall.
Yesterday I put this in our pop-up gallery off this very street, but I will probably move it to my solo exhibition at my framers, if and when he lets me start. I want a body of paintings of local scenes and this really fits the bill. Normally I would have high hopes for it, but slow sales at our pop-up gallery have dented my confidence of late.
Other townscapes and local views are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com
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It’s incredible how you do this with watercolor!!
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Thanks for your comment. I guess plenty of people do this type of thing with watercolour so it’s down to tenacity. On this one, the left hand side and the bottom of the street on the right was a pure joy with loose washes of colour, but as I continued on the right the required detail started to wear. Yep, all down to tenacity.
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It’s a wondeful painting, Graham! Somebody with a smart eye will snatch it up, I’m sure!
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Thanks Tiffany, at least one of us is optimistic. The only lesson I’ve learnt is that there is no accounting for taste, but I still spin the wheel.
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