Holiday Painter: Watercolours 1935-1998, Peter Foster

Condition:  VERY GOOD

Edition/Year:  2000

Publisher:  Carole Green Publishing

Pages:  107

Format:  Hardback

There are 53 paintings illustrated in this book representing an output of over 50 years works from 1935 to 1998.

Peter Foster is an Architect and when he is not repairing and beautifying old buildings he is designing new ones,  among which garden follies have featured over many years.  

In the days of Jane Austen it would not have been unusual to find architects practising the art of watercolour for it is an ideal medium , as Alan Powers points out in his foreward 'for showing buildings in their setting capturing as it does the transient light and the qualities of texture of building materials.'

Whether in his beloved Scotland or a Mediterranean Isle, Peter Foster demonstrates an effortless skill in capturing, on paper, the moment and the mood.