Craig Lueck

"Venice Shapes" Watercolor on Kilaminjaro Watercolor Paper signed by Craig Lueck

2005

"Salute - Venice, Italy" is an original watercolor painting on Holbein watercolor paper signed and dated in pencil lower right and titled lower left. These petite watercolors that ma...

Framed 13.25 x 14.13 in Signed to margin

I looked out from my window, and I saw Venice, my Venice, naked in the sun— Sad, faded, and unutterably forlorn!— But still unutterably beautiful. For days and days I wandered up and down— Holding my breath in awe and ecstasy,— Following my husband to familiar haunts, Making acquaintance with his well-loved friends, Whose faces I had only seen in dreams And books and photographs and his careless talk. For days and days—with sunny hours of rest And musing chat, in that cool room of ours, Paved with white marble, on the Grand Canal; For days and days—with happy nights between, Half-spent, while little Katie lay asleep Out on the balcony, with the moon and stars. O Venice, Venice!—with thy water-streets— Thy gardens bathed...

Can you smell the water? Fabulous loosely painted original watercolor of a Venice Canal. This artist has a command of the watercolor medium few artists can match. This painting ...