Welcome to WatercolorWall. My name is Ricardo Bouman, a graphic designer and painter with a keen interest in cities, architecture, nature and landscapes.
My paintings often have a connection with nature, an emotion, a cityscape or a location I have visited myself. I paint based on my own (travel) experiences and on the motto: ‘To be able to create atmosphere, I must first have experienced it myself’.
I paint cityscapes and landscapes, which are categorised into: Realism, Line and Wash, and Illustrative. I also create Expressionist, Dynamic, Minimalist and Modern Abstract art, in which emotion often takes centre stage.
Curious about how I create my paintings? Click on the ‘YouTube icon’ to watch my videos.
I digitise my paintings by photographing them in high resolution. At Werk aan de Muur, my paintings are therefore available as small, medium or wall-filling wall decorations.
Whilst many people nowadays praise the use of AI (artificial intelligence), I have made a conscious choice not to use it and to remain faithful to the manual use of brushes and watercolour paint on paper. I create paintings in my own illustrative style, drawing on the skills I have learnt and developed over the years.
In my opinion, the value of painting lies ‘in the hand of the artist, not in AI’.
