Watercolours have always entranced me, especially those that take a modern or updated approach to the age-old painting technique. I think it's the aforementioned dreamy quality that attracts me, the creation of form and shadow using as few lines as possible.
Stan Fellows has been an illustrator for 35 years and works primarily in watercolour. His work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications such as National Geographic, Harper's, The Atlantic and Field & Stream. He works monthly for the Wall Street Journal's wine column as well. Stan was kind enough to let me showcase some of his work, shown below.
The article from the March issue of MSL is filled with watercolour imagery of birds. Stan, who is based in Minnesota, sells much of his artwork through the Campbell Steele Art Gallery and you can see several examples of his paintings on his blog. He also gives private lessons to individuals and small groups in the Iowa City area.
I love Stan's use of perspective, light and composition. His work always seems to have a sense of movement.
A sample from Stan's sketchbook reveals some of his notes. The unfinished spaces lend a lot of interest to the page.
3 comments:
Stan's work is wonderful! Great to see him recognized by you, Martha!
Stan's blog is stanfellows.blogspot.com
This is the BEST watercolor artist I have ever seen!
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