Florence McCloud had a life-long attraction to art but took her first watercolor class late in life and fell in love with watercolors for their spontaneity -- the contact of wet color on paper takes on a life of its own, leading the artist into unknown spaces.

The watercolors express what the artist sees around her through shape and color, and interconnections between seemingly different spaces and part of the world. McCloud claims she is continually surprised by what happens at the end of her paintbrush. The artist finds her painting – like jazz – takes unexpected, almost musical turns.

 

Abstract image of swirling watercolors in blue, orange, and green.
Image done in ink and watercolors depicting angular vertices, orange and blue.
Image of circular motions and sharp angles in watercolors and ink, orange and yellow.
Image in blue and green watercolors that resembles music notes.
Watercolor image of a farm field with barn in the back, primarily blue and green.
Image of swirling colors and harsh blacks done in green, blue, and black watercolors.
Watercolor painting of a sunset on the waterfront.
Watercolor painting done in blues, oranges, and browns depicting circular forms.
Watercolor painting done in deep blues and purples with crossing sharp lines.
Watercolor painting of a swirling, circular motion done in orange, blue, and green.