Tag Archives: boat

Louis le Sueur artist

Posted on 05/04/2025 by ronald972

Today, I thought we might travel across the North Sea and visit an artist in France. #LouisLeSueur (1746-1803) was a painter print maker. I have not found a great deal of information on Louis Le Sueur, but the following two … Continue reading →

Posted in Etching | Tagged boat, bridge, cottage, ladder, landscape, mill, oar, trees, windmill | Leave a comment

The Town of Marlow

Posted on 14/04/2024 by ronald972

Marlow sits beside the River Thames in Buckinghamshire. It grew up due to there being a crossing of the Thames on the road from Reading to High Wycombe. Marlow is a favourite place for rowers to hone their skills. Upstream … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings | Tagged boat, church spire, fisherman, lock, Marlow, mill, path, river bank, Thames River, town, trees | Leave a comment

Edmund Morrison Wimperis painter

Posted on 05/12/2020 by ronald972

I came across a rough watercolour the other day and although only a sketch it had something about it. An efficient artist, one who was use to working quickly and in sittu. The small watercolour had a monogram on it … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings | Tagged boat, fishermen, low tide, trees, weir | Leave a comment

Duncan Grant artist

Posted on 17/06/2018 by ronald972

A little over 5 years ago, I wrote a chapter on a sequence of prints displaying their progression through subsequent states. I, at that time, had another set of prints which until this past week remained unattributed. By accident, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Etching, Mezzotint | Tagged boat, diving, dock, male nude, swimming | Leave a comment

Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater

Posted on 25/02/2018 by ronald972

Having been to the Lake District on vacation, I can attest that it is truly one of those beautiful places which one should not miss. Around every corner traveled lies another vista worth stopping and taking in. Leave your car … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings | Tagged boat, forest, Jack Rigg, Lake District, shore, Ullswater | 1 Comment

Naive Art

Posted on 19/07/2015 by ronald972

I come across pieces of naive art as I continue to build my collection. #NaiveArt has a child-like quality but is not childish in any way. Often one considers that the creators of this type of art are untrained but that … Continue reading →

Posted in Lithographs, Watercolour paintings | Tagged boat, coast, cotland, Findhorn, Israel, naive art, New York City, Statue of Liberty | 2 Comments

Art of Burma

Posted on 09/03/2013 by ronald972

As I procure works for my collection, it rarely occurs that I find a set or series of pieces by the same artist. Today, I found a set of four works by the same artist. The artist, #MuangLarBan, was from … Continue reading →

Posted in Watercolour paintings | Tagged boat, Burma, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Shwedagon Pagoda, stilt houses, village | 7 Comments

Art as Historical Perspective

Posted on 13/09/2012 by ronald972

Here is a lithograph which I picked up recently. No signature, no date, no identifying marks at all. So, why talk about this picture. Well. It could be up to 200 years old since lithography was developed in 1796 or … Continue reading →

Posted in Lithographs, Modern prints | Tagged Amsterdam, boat, church, clock tower, drawbridge, fortress, keep, mint, motte and bailey, Munttoren, olive tree, Rokin canal, towers | Leave a comment