摘要 : A watercolour inspired by an image made in 1909 by the pioneering mountain photographer Vittorio Sella. I started painting a few years ago, most often mountains and coasts familiar to me in the British Isles. The constraints of th... 展开 A watercolour inspired by an image made in 1909 by the pioneering mountain photographer Vittorio Sella. I started painting a few years ago, most often mountains and coasts familiar to me in the British Isles. The constraints of the pandemic brought more time for painting but deprived me of subjects. I turned to ranges like the Cascades, from a time long ago when I lived in Seattle, but the inspiration provided by my old 35mm slides soon dried up. During lockdown I rediscovered the work of Sella-bought a book of his photographs and trawled the internet for more. His large format glass plate photographs are extraordinarily detailed and interpreting them through watercolours was an irresistible challenge. 收起