"Venice III" watercolor 14" X 28"

Venice III by April M Rimpo

Venice III captures Venice life using textures to provide the feel of the buildings, while maintaining the softness of the water in the canal.  As many of you know I love to use an orange/blue complementary color scheme.  Venice III screamed for those colors since those are common colors in Venice.  I just love the blue striped poles scattered along the canal where gondolas, water taxis, and other boats can tie up to let off their passengers.  This painting received an Honorable Mention award.

Venice III

watercolor

14" X 28" image

22.5" X 36.5" golden wood frame

$975 within the United States *

Donated to the Howard County College President's Gala 2017 - Scholarship Fund fundraiser.

To see a sequence of images showing the creation of this painting go to Building a Painting

Other European landscapes by April include:

• At One with their Gondolas
• Ponte Vecchio
• Vineyard Life
• Morning in Provence

* Contact April regarding purchase outside the United States

"At One with their Gondolas", 12.5" X24.5" watercolor

At One with their Gondolas by April M. Rimpo

At One with their Gondolas

watercoclor

12.5" X 24.5" image

20 " X 32" framed

$700 within the United States *

There is something about the mystery of Venice that attracts me.  My family had the opportunity to explore Venice once.  It was a very overcast, people were bundled up and ready for rain, but they couldn't resist the experience of a ride in a gondola.  I had always envisioned these rides to be individual romantic rides, the Hollywood stereotype.  The cluster of gondoliers traveling down the main canal altered my perspective.  They really are taxis on the water, with charm.

I wanted to emphasize the concept of togetherness and, at the same time, capture the idea that the gondoliers essentially blend into their boats allowing their passengers to enjoy their ride without interference. In "At One with their Gondolas" I painted the gondoliers in a way that you can't tell where their bodies end and their gondolas begin. I also joined the three gondolas on the left to make them seem like one. Using light values in the gondola poles they stand out, clarifying the separate boats and providing an interesting repetition. The fourth gondolier on the right is slightly separated and holds his pole at a different angle from the others, reminding us each gondolier is truly unique.

April's other paintings of Europe include:

• Morning in Provence
• Ponte Vecchio
• Vinyard Life
• Venice III

To see other work by April visit her website at http://www.rimpo.org/april/  

* Contact April regarding purchase outside the United States