Watercolour art is arguably the most ancient of all painting techniques - the cave paintings of paleolithic Europe are fabulous examples. It is one of my favourite painting styles, one which I am utterly hopeless in but I admire the talent of others who can capture landscape and botanical subjects with great delicacy. 

One such watercolour artist is Utah based Marissa Davis of WildMountainStyle. She loves mountain scenery and natural themes and it shows in her artwork. Her jewelry as well as other items such as magnets, prints, cards and so on, feature her own artwork usually as prints although I have spotted at least one original in a necklace. 

Her earrings are my favorite!








The Meeting on the Turret Stairs

Oil painting has been the most common artistic technique for centuries. Watercolours, on the other hand, are more often favoured in the sketching and planning stages. 

Yet, there is one lovely watercolour painting which impresses with its detail and depth because it has the intensity of oil paintings. The Meeting on the Turret Stairs is an exquisite watercolour and gouache (opaque watercolour) work painted in 1864 by the Irish artist, Frederick William Burton. The artist apparently could not stand the smell of oil paints and turpentine so he only worked with watercolours and goauche.

In 2012, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, was voted Ireland's most favourite painting. It's not hard to see why. Besides the meticulous details, the artist brilliantly captures a fleeting moment of deep longing and despair when two lovers met, by chance, for the last time. 

The painting was inspired by a medieval Danish ballad, Hellelil and Hildebrand. Hellelil was a Danish princess who fell in love with one of her bodyguards, the knight, Hildebrand. Her father disapproved of the liaison and ordered her seven brothers to kill him. All of them tragically died in the ensuing battle save her youngest brother. Hellelil herself died of a broken heart. 

The painting is in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. 



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