Wander and Paint — Beautiful Places

Destination Diaries: Royal Kew Botanic Gardens

• adventure travel • Architecture • Beautiful Places • Birds • book covers • Book Illustration • Botanical Art • botanical illustration • Editorial illustration • flowers • illustrated travel journals • Pen and Ink • Postcards • slow travel • Slow travel Illustrated • Stationery Design • Stationery Illustration • stylized • Travel Posters • Urban Sketching • visual journalism • watercolor art journals • watercolor studies

Destination Diaries: Royal Kew Botanic Gardens

At first, when I entered the Royal Kew Gardens in London, my draw just dropped. [...]

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Atmospheric Escapes: "Once Upon The Sea," A Watercolor Story

• Atmospheric • Beautiful Places • Book Illustration • Boston • colorful • hand-painted • landscape art • Lighthouse • mountains • New England • watercolor paintings

Atmospheric Escapes: "Once Upon The Sea," A Watercolor Story

This painting came about from reading a fictional story that took place place in New England somewhere by the sea. New England coastline is mesmerizing with crisp seascapes and soul-stirring visual poetry...

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The Elf Ones

• animal illustration • Architecture • artic • artwork • Beautiful Places • birch trees • Blue • Book Illustration • christmas • elves • holidays • iceberg • Pen and Ink • reindeers • Sami culture

The Elf Ones

[...] I often resist creating christmas-theme images because I have yet to find a great concept that promotes both the spirit and the true origins of the tradition...

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Rainy Day Arrival in Tokyo Art Journal Page

• Architecture • art journals • Beautiful Places • Book Illustration • graphic art • hand-painted • Japan • Pen and Ink • slow travel • Slow travel Illustrated • yellow

Rainy Day Arrival in Tokyo Art Journal Page

A visual stroll during the night I arrived in Japan. It rained softly and then like cats and dogs. Cold temps chilled me to the bone...

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Destination Diaries: Puruña Stone Forest, Patahuasi Peru

• abstract watercolors • Atmospheric • Beautiful Places • Blue • Peru • slow travel • Stone forest

Destination Diaries: Puruña Stone Forest, Patahuasi Peru

I visited the Puruña stone forest as part of the few guided tours I ever willingly participated in when I travel. I just have something against having someone else restricting my time and my movements...

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