Biography: Carolyn Lord (1956 - ) Southern California native Carolyn Lord was introduced to the “California Regionalist Watercolor” tradition by James Green in the mid 1970’s while attending Principia College, in Elsah, Illinois. During college she also attended watercolor workshops with Rex Brandt, George Post, and Robert E. Wood. Two months...... read more
Berkshire Rapture, 1998, an original watercolor painting by Carolyn Lord.
“Berkshire Rapture” is a studio painting based on paintings done in 1997 in Holyport, England. We were staying in a quintessential, half-timbered cottage, surrounded by lawns and gardens. With the endless, overcast summer days, the colors of the foliage and flowers were especially vibrant. While painting the flowers, I chatted with the gardener who had also worked in Southern California. I learned that British and Californians have different definitions of a well-designed and tended garden, and he remarked that this Holyport garden was unusual because of its atypical coral-pink roses. - Carolyn Lord
Painted February 17- April 2, 1998
Exhibits: 1998 Triton Museum Watercolor Biennial
1999 Hayward Arts Council “Watercolor Diversity Invitational”
This California watercolor painting is available as a giclée art print on premium watercolor paper.
