Nadine Charlsen Fine Art Original Watercolors [nadinepaints]

My watercolors are improvised on the urban landscape - gritty, stark, rough - engaging a deeper emotion – using shadow, texture, color, and glazes moving art to a more complex tonality.  My art evokes an emotion that helps you take the journey with me into that world. My studio is the ever-changing world around me. I am an avid bicyclist, and walker. I do long distance bike trips and paint and photograph as I go. I love visiting noisy cities and bustling streets.  Every day is a different wonder, a new world to live in the moment. My work is created from the occasion that makes it unique and with its own particular style. The style is a product of the time and place. The versatility is my signature.

Art has always been a part of my life. My career in theatrical design allowed me to work in many art mediums and explore scenic painting of large backdrops, sculpture and 3-D mixed media. My motivation for continuing to paint is for both you and I to escape for a moment to another place and find joy in reliving the moment together. I cherish my continuing fascination of the world and treasure my history.