Book description
Featured artist Jerry Stitt contemplates that ''A painting is good
not because it looks like something, but because it feels like
something.'' The difference is passion '' the kind of energy,
excitement and pure joy that pulses through every page of this book.
A brilliant collection of the best watercolors being created today,
Splash 10 explores "passion" through the work and
words of 100 top contemporary painters. With each modern-day
masterpiece, insightful firsthand commentary taps into the psyche of
the artists to explore where their passion comes from, and where it
leads them.
These artists find the passion to paint in any number of places - a
handful of peppermints, a rescued dog named Tugboat, visits to places
where "even the walls have personality," and spectacular
moments created by the warm late-afternoon sun partnering with rich,
cool cast shadows. Some of them find passion in their materials (like
rice paper) or in the very act of putting paint to paper, whether it
be broad, wet strokes of pure color applied with big brushes and
arm-swinging applications, or meditative, economical strokes.
This edition of Splash is dedicated to discovering not only
how today's artists create great watercolors, but what motivates them
to be creative, work in this amazing medium, and portray the subjects
they love.
Rachel Rubin Wolf is the longtime editor of North Light's
popular Splash book series as well as Strokes of Genius.
She has edited dozens of other art books and also writes for Art
Connoisseur Magazine.
