Watercolor Paintings – Strips Of Mountains
There’s an old adage that says there are no mistakes in art. Roger Morgan proves this to be true every year.
Roger paints hundreds of watercolors throughout the year. Most of them make it to the framing stage as they are; but others need to be cropped or manipulated in some way.
Roger is a big believer in recycling, so when he crops one of his watercolor paintings the removed pieces don’t go in the trash – they’re set aside to be used at a later time.
The removed pieces are cut into strips and laid out side by side. As the artist juices flow, Roger visualizes which watercolor painting strips can be placed together to create another one-of-a-kind painting.
Often times the resulting painting is a mountain landscape, as mountains are of great artistic inspiration to Roger Morgan.
The Mountain by Emily Dickinson
The mountain sat upon the plain
In his eternal chair,
His observation omnifold,
His inquest everywhere.
The seasons prayed around his knees,
Like children round a sire:
Grandfather of the days is he,
Of dawn the ancestor.
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Did you know…..?
Mountains cover one-fifth of the earth’s land surface, and can be found in 75% of the world’s countries.
Mountains are on every continent and even under oceans.
Hawaii is at the top of a volcanic mountain in the Pacific Ocean. More than half the mountain is below water.