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 – 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 [...]
Lourens River Watercolours
Portfolio 2023 The river running through our town Lourens River rises in a spring [...]
Radloff Park – the 2020 Watercolours
Radloff Park is a large fresh community space at the top of our town. It [...]
Calendar Projects
2025 - Light and Colour The 2025 collection is somewhat eclectic. The watercolour journey [...]
Light is Sweet – April 2023
In this April 2023 edition of Light is Sweet I cover: The watercolour 2023 [...]
False Bay Watercolours
Background The Benguela Current flows up the West Coast from the Southern Ocean. It [...]
Waterfalls
Why are we so attracted to waterfalls? We will travel miles just to see [...]
Light is Sweet – March 2023
It is March and in this edition of Light is Sweet I cover: The [...]
Boulders Beach
Boulders Beach is a hidden gem among the Cape Granite boulders on the coast [...]
Light is Sweet – February 2023
In this February newsletter I cover: How far I am in the Meat Grinder [...]
Kogel Bay early work
Kogel Bay is one of False Bays not so best kept secrets. I [...]
Light is Sweet – January 2023
Covered in 'Light is Sweet' - January 2023 The 2023 Lourens [...]
Light is Sweet – December 2022
“Light is Sweet and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun”. [...]