Paintings at Bernice Kish Gallery

Venice III

The current exhibit at Slayton House's Bernice Kish Gallery shows artwork by the Baltimore Watercolor Society.  Two of my pieces are in this exhibit.  "Venice III" received an Honorable Mention award.  "Pigeon Keeper" was highlighted in an article in Howard County Times article on the exhibit.  You can see the article online at
"Watercolor exhibit is awash with talent and vision" by Mike Giuliano

Pigeon Keeper

Click here to see all the award winners.

Sometimes it is the detail that makes the painting

A Day at the Fountain, 22" X 30",  © April M. Rimpo

A Day at the Fountain

Watercolor

22" X 30" image

29" X 37" brushed silver frame

$1650  SOLD

A Day at the Fountain celebrates the joy of children at play.  I composed this pieces from a series of photographs I took while visiting Charleston, SC.  A sense of motion was a critical element of this painting; motion of the water, the running children.  My goal was to catch a moment in time.  In order to get this sense of motion it was important to get the detail of the water spray.  My favorite child in this painting is the young girl in the orange and red striped swimsuit who is featured in the blowup on the right.  The young man in front was the focal point of the painting, but the nearly pointillist appearance of the girl is an important detail used to capture the moment.

Building a Painting

The slideshow below show the process of painting "Venice III".  To see enlarged images and text describing the process Double click on the image to view the slideshow in full screen mode. If you don't see the text click on the "bubble text/comment" icon.



The finished painting is shown above.