Artist: ROBERT PARKISON (American, b. 1951)
Title: "Taos Arch" or Santa Fe Morning
Medium: Original Watercolor Aquarellen Painting (according to the Artist: "All original watercolors © Robert Parkison, done on the finest of French papers using premier English paints.")
Signature: Signed by the Artist, LR, as shown
Size: @ 41 x 30 inches (paper)
What is Aquarelle: AQUARELLE is a technique of painting in transparent, rather than opaque, watercolours. Although aquarelle was known to the ancient Egyptians, it did not achieve popularity in Europe until the 18th and 19th centuries. It was used especially in France and England by landscape painters.
Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
About the Artist: BORN San Francisco, 1951 EDUCATION Westmoor High School Daly City, California, Class of 1969 Los Angeles City College, A.A., summa cum laude, 1971 University of California, Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude. On this watercolor technique: "Not unlike the series of paintings Winslow Homer produced in the Bahamas, Parkison capitalizes on the white of his paper as focal point, around which he builds superimposed colors by layering pigmented washes. Parkison’s greatest achievement lies in making full use of the translucence that is the special beauty of watercoloring...."