Winslow Homer(1836-1910)
I got in love with Winslow Homer paintings and watercolors (check this webpage that I made on my other website!).
The last 25 years of the XVIII century - when Homer was at his peak - saw a steady decline of worldwide agriculture products. People had to emigrate (e.g. many Italians to the USA, Argentina, Brazil). At the same time, fly fishing and bamboo rod making were at the beginning with Orvis, Leonard and others. Perhaps it's because I sometimes paint and draw (I think I have a natural "talent" for it, meaning that since I was a child I always found drawing easy), yet I know how hard it is to really master it. Well, because of this, I felt immediately attracted by Homer's work. It looks like it's done today, it's like a snapshot, figurative that is, and conveys - more than a good picture -the essence of the moment. The more you look at it, the more things you discover. It's Art like I mean it: simple yet sophisticated. Or, in other terms, it looks like an "easy" sketch or drawing, yet, on the other hand, the same result it's by no means easy to achieve, at all! (Continues...)
There is a great post in this forum on Homer watercolor palette
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