Gondolier, start of the day

Gondolier, start of the day
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The gondala is very well painted, they always look a little precarious to me!

Love this but I think I would have cropped out the buildings

Thanks again for your comments. Fred, I decided to include the island of San Giorgio Maggiore to give both scale and location to the painting. I thought about adding even more but my subject was, of course, the gondolier after all. That's the beauty of art, we all have an opinion and none of them are wrong.

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13/04/2015
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Painted from one of my many photographs of Venice. Out walking with my camera one morning spotted this Gondolier setting off on another working day. Painted in watercolour on Saunders Waterford 300gsm paper, quarter sheet approx 14 x 10 inches.

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Colin Joyce

Born in Sunderland, Co Durham in 1957, I have lived in Dunfermline, Fife since 2004. Having always had an interest in art since early school years, I studied art to A level and part time college. Never attended art school instead pursuing a career in Financial Services for 38 years, painting in my…

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