Fou-Roux

Van Gogh and I spent some valuable time together today...

and what we figured out is that acrylics are a very forgiving medium and quite addicting. I think I might be stuck on them for a while... though, not to worry - watercolor will always be my first love. Anyway, my second favorite artist in the world (Carol Carter) is visiting Sarasota in November to teach a watercolor class!! I can't even begin to tell you how excited this makes me!

The painting of Van Gogh is affectionately titled 'Fou-Roux' - taken from a nick name he was given... but you'll have to read "Lust for Life" - a novel about Van Gogh by Irving Stone to get the whole story. It's a wonderful read if your interested in Van Gogh. It was very defining for me personally and made me fall madly in love with his paintings. I think I might be a little looney like ol' Fou-Roux... but not quite as crazy as he ;)

I stumbled across a new book that looks equally as fascinating. I think I'm going to order it. It's called 'Leaving Van Gogh' by Carol Wallace.

"but one can't do everything one wants just like that. It will come little by little."

-Van Gogh (speaking about his displeasure in his own watercolour paintings)