Watercolour stories
What is in a watercolour?
The paper, the colour, the brush – even the water – each impacts the outcome. The artist, the subject, the moment in time. Each has a story. Maybe a tiny sliver in the grand flow of world events – but each watercolour records a vector in the flow.
Light is Sweet – October 2024
Light is Sweet October covers some high watercolour activity, some merch and some great [...]
Eerste River Collection – and a few more
Background The Eerste River rises in the Boland mountains, flows in tributaries around the [...]
Light is Sweet – August 2024
There is a full Light is Sweet to celebrate Spring. I like to try [...]
Light is Sweet – June 2024
As I sat to create the June edition of Light is Sweet I felt [...]
Light is Sweet – May 2024
The May edition of Light is Sweet 2024 is here and there is quite [...]
Tankwa Karoo
Background A trip to Tankwa Karoo - This collection is under construction but here [...]
Lanzerac Wine Estate Collection
Background Lanzerac Wine Estate is situated at the gateway to the Jonkershoek Valley. The [...]
Light is Sweet – January/May 2024
Here at last is the first edition of Light is Sweet 2024. Therefore pause…Put [...]
Light is Sweet – December 2023
Here we are at the final edition of "Light is Sweet" for 2023. The [...]
Light is Sweet – November 2023
Welcome to this November 2023 edition of Light is Sweet. “Light is Sweet and [...]
Helderberg Basin
The picturesque and abused basin between the Hottentots Holland and Helderberg Mountain that slopes [...]
Light is Sweet – July 2023
In this July 2023 edition of Light you can see: Another watercolour in the [...]
Light is Sweet – June 2023
In this June 2023 edition of Light you can see: The next watercolour in [...]
Palmiet – Cape Town Harbour
In preparing a watercolour class on glazing I decided to use photos I had [...]
Light is Sweet – May 2023
Well May has come and gone and my dream of posting an early May [...]
Puddle Rock
There is a collection of rounded quartzite boulders, set among jagged shales, just below the [...]