Wendy Artin paints with a miraculous balance of lucid observation, sensitive touch and energetic handling of watercolor. Working primarily in Rome, she manages to convey all the splendors of sun on ancient stone; the delicate detail of tiled roofs, weathered columns and domes; and the majesty of parasol pines. She accomplishes this by using watercolor in its most glorious form: fresh brushstrokes, blooms, floods, puddles and blends that somehow combine to re-create a compelling light-filled world.
INTELLIGENT EYE & FLUID HANDLING
Beyond her cityscapes, Artin brings a combination of intelligent eye and fluid handling to a variety of subject matter—figures, statues, walls, cars, columns and more. Often working in long series, she finds that each subject elicits a somewhat different response. She paints figures minimally, with deftly chosen tones and…