The Fountain King

2010 - 12" x 16" - Watercolor, Arches Aquarelle watercolor paper

There’s a hierarchy at a Coffee Bean Café fountain across from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. This is a portrait of the Fountain King (at least one of them). He sat with regal grace over his watery throne – until he deigned to give someone else a turn.

The feather textures, the stone fountain, the splashing water, and the fan-shaped plants in the background were beautiful and fun to recreate in paint.

Shown at Vicinity ’10 at the Norris Gallery, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, September 25-November 13, 2010 and at Art Around the Corner, a Downtown St. Charles Partnership, Inc. event at the SG Too shop in St. Charles, IL, May 1-30, 2010.