Watercolour Art of J.P.A. Gittens - 7

Watercolour Art of JPA Gittens - 7
Antigua Series

Iconic images from a year in Antigua in the Leeward Islands, 2001 - 2002

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#40. "Mill on the Hill " - Watercolour on Winsor & Newton Cold-pressed -2002 . Ruins of a sugar windmill, one of scores that dot the Antiguan landscape. Once there were hundreds.

#41. "Bougainvillea, Gutter Lane" - Watercolour on Bockingford tinted -2002 . This lane borders St John's Cathedral on the southwestern side. On the right is the church wall.

#32. "Gate-door" (detail) - Watercolour on Arches 140 Hot-pressed paper - 2002. The title, a bit of informal Caribbean English, could not be a more apt name for this stone-arched gate, found on the fringe of the capital.

#31. "St. John's Cathedral " (detail) - Watercolour on Arches Rough - 2002. The Anglican church sits on a promontory overlooking the Capital, St. John's.

#33. "Flower FenceI" - Watercolour on Bockingford board - 2002. Another view of "House in Gray's Farm" (#36).

#36. "House in Gray's Farm " (detail) - Watercolour on Arches Rough - 2002. The archetypal Antiguan answer to the Barbadian chattel house.

#27. "English Harbour" - Watercolour on Arches Rough - 2001. This history-rich area of Nelson's Dockyard, is the well-preserved park that was the Caribbean base of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars. The view is of the Copper and Lumber Store, now a hotel (left), and Nelson's Quarters, now a maritime museum. (Private Collection)

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