A visit to Sydney and the Blue Mountains gave me the inspiration to paint the country and continent of Australia as a map in watercolour.
The map has taken on both a realistic and expressionistic look that fits nicely with the rugged, rugged and unpredictable characteristics of this country and especially the use of colour that has a clear link to the colours of the desert areas, swamps and woodlands.
This map is also available as a Round Print (Wall Circle).
WorldMapsShop is part of a creative design studio producing artistic cartography and paintings. The person behind World MapsShop is Ricardo Bouman, who works as a graphic designer, photographer and painter.
In his design studio, he works with both analogue mediums 'paints and inks' and modern digital mediums 'digital..
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