Travel is densely filled with new experience. Finding time to process visual information and to record ideas can be a challenge, especially during a short stay. Neverthless, I took a few mornings at the end of our two week winter trip to Nice, France to internalize and synthesize views of the surroundings in some quick watercolor studies. Working in a small sketchbook is liberating. Using a limited palette in a short amount of time results in images very unlike my more sustained oil paintings, and it’s often difficult for me to recognize this work as having been done by my hand. I think of these shorthand notes about color and place as gifts that the experience has allowed. These are a few of my favorites.
NIna Jerome, Provence Watercolor Study 1, 7x5, 2023
Nina Jerome, Province Watercolor Study 3, 5x7, 2023
Nina Jerome, Provence Watercolor Study 2, 7x5, 2023