ArtEImage - Landscapes

Landscape Watercolour Paintings
by Richard Young

The following small water colours were painted during a brief sojourn to The Algarve in November 2006.

Algarve (Faro)
2006
19x14cm Arches

The weather was intermittent showers and this meant that the clouds were pretty interesting. When the sun came out, the clouds became very interesting. In my mind I was thinking about the work from Richard Parkes-Bonington (1802-1826) and John Constable.

Algarve Golf Course
2006
19x14cm Arches

We visited San Lorenzo and Qunita di Lago Golf course, did not play. Both courses have plenty of water and the cork trees line each of them with deep shadowed areas.

Hills of the Algarve 3
2006
19x14cm Arches

The A22 traverses East to West covering pretty much the full length of the Algarve. We traveled along this road a number of times, the views into the country side were very interesting being punctuated by small trees or clumps of trees. I found the red colour of the earth really interesting. This is a part of a set of four paintings, two are below and the other given to Paulo, the restaurant manager, at the Hotel Villa Monte at Moncarapacho (Relais & Chateau - great food!) that we were staying at.

Hills of the Algarve ll
2006
19x14cm Arches

In the hills above Faro, the grey sky felt very big, the rain showers were briefly interrupted by this grey red light from the clouds. The green and grey colouration of the hills were really interesting and lead me to make this painting.

Faro Evening
2006
19x14cm Arches

Faro is a town dominated by tourism, however, the sanctuary is the old town behind the city walls where the old Portuguese government buildings were hidden. On the seaward side, the walls opened out across the bay towards moored fishing boats and other pleasure yachts. In the distance, one could see the large hotels of the Algarve. The sunset was simply a pleasure that I needed to capture.

Hills of the Algarve lV
2006
19x14cm Arches

The feeling of ancient Romano influence is evident in the buildings and landscape of the hills of the Algarve. The olive groves and almond trees, systematically farmed give the area a very comfortable feeling, the contrast in the poor agricultural economy and the wealth from the imported tourists was dramatic. Since the storms were associated with large clouds, the landscapes were lovely.