Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I have gone to Venice several times on painting trips and have always been interested in how other artists painted this magnificent city. John Yardley was a watercolorists from England who loved painting in Venice and, on one of my trips, I looked for as many of his painting sights as I could find. This is one that he painted several times from several different viewpoints and I was definitely influenced by his work when I painted t

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. Several years ago I went to a Joseph Raphael show and was surprised to see the large paintings he had done in watercolor. It was inspiring because I really hadn't thought about working in watercolor on such a large scale. I decided to start a series of large floral paintings and this is one that I completed when I was living in my art studio on ninth avenue in Denver. Sunflowers have always been one of my favorite subjects and I i

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. Years ago I was traveling through Mexico with my mentor, Lowell Ellsworth Smith, and we spent a few days in Hacienda Vista Hermosa. We had been painting a lot so that day I decided to just watch Lowell Paint and I am really glad I did. Beyond this gate there was only open land and a few trees and I watched with amazement and delight when Lowell added this market from his imagination. Once again it showed me what an accomplished art

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. This is a painting I did when I lived in Steamboat Springs Colorado before I moved to Denver. As I look at it now it takes me back to a halcyon day that I will never forget. I had contacted the owners of Green River Ranch and asked permission to go out on their hay sled with them when they fed their cattle. When I arrived at their ranch, it was 13 degrees below zero and these two beautiful work horses were already harnessed to the

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I was going through my files and found this picture of a painting I did in Denver Botanic Gardens. After finishing my painting, I set it in the subject flowers and took this photo. It made me realize that I should be doing this with all the paintings I do at the gardens. Anyway, it was fun to see the painting again and remember the weekend workshop when it was painted. It was done on a block of Fabriano 140 lb. cold press watercol