Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-12)

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The

Art

of the

Dark

WHEN EVENING FALLS

IN RICHARD HANSON’S

CITY SCENES, DRAMATIC

CONTRAST AND

REMARKABLE DETAIL

RULE THE NIGHT.

By Stefanie Laufersweiler

Hanson’s dedication
to detail is on full
display in Walking in
the Rain (watercolor
on paper, 18x24),
which depicts a rainy
street in Florence,
Italy. “Refl ected light
dominates and
creates interest,” he
says of the piece,
which was selected
for the American
Watercolor Society’s
152nd International
Exhibition this year.