The Landscapes VI · Landscapes of Venice

Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must find perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the artist wants to do, or all is lost.(Mary C. Taylor)
Have you ever seen an inch worm crawl up a leaf or twig, and then clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something to reach…?  That’s like me.  I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have a footing.(Albert Pinkham Ryder)