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 been given both a realistic and expressionistic look that nicely reflects the rugged, rugged and unpredictable features of this country. The use of colour has also been taken into account with regard to the desert areas, swamp and forest areas.
This map of Australia 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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