Painting the sandstone led me to love the sinuous flowing lines in the stones. After several years and many paintings, I yearned to move away from my earthy palette and use more color in my work.
One day as I worked in my garden, I realized I could combine the flowing lines of the stones with the beautiful colors of the flowers I was growing.
Unfurling Rose is a giclée print from my series of watercolor flowers that I will be exhibiting in the Thanksgiving show.
Anne Popperwell
I moved to Saturna Island many years ago to paint the eroded sandstone formations at East Point. I was, and still am, enchanted by the sense of flowing stone and it's resemblance to the human body. As the stone is worn by the sea, I chose to use watercolour as my medium for this series and experimented until I found a paper with a texture that recalled the fine grained sandstone.
Recently I've published a giclée print of this painting, "Stone Bird" which I will be exhibiting at our Thanksgiving show.
