Watercolor Artist - USA (2020-04)

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ENCHANTED BY WATER

AND THE LANDSCAPE,

ENGLISH ARTIST

CHRISTOPHER FORSEY

USES BROAD, COLORFUL

STROKES TO DEPICT

HIS VISION OF THE

NATURAL WORLD.

By Louella Miles

C

hristopher Forsey’s char-

acter is as colorful as his

artwork. See for yourself

on his website (chris

forsey.com), where he has

posted a video called “My Story.” In it,

the artist paints a verbal picture of a

childhood in which he spent a lot of

time with his grandfather, who’d give

him butcher paper wrappers, which

Forsey would use as a drawing surface.

“It proved a useful surface for early

drawings when I was about 4,” he says.

“Granddad lived downstairs from our

London fl at and had plenty of time to

amuse me, as he was retired.” His

grandfather encouraged him to draw

and was always keen to see the results

of his grandson’s eff orts.

Fenland Bridge

(watercolor, oil pastel and

acrylic ink on paper, 14x18)

THE

RIVERSIDE

MUSE