Painter of Gardens, Jo Reitze

I came across this lovely little clip of painter, Jo Reitze on Youtube while looking for instruction on using gouache.  Her style captivated me and I knew I wanted to learn more about her and her paintings.  The loose, flowing way she handles the paints looks deceptively simple; I would love to follow her around and watch her process for a few weeks.  Here is someone who could teach me about gouache.  I knew I had to send her an email.

In response to my email asking if I could use a photo of one of her paintings, Reitze sent me a beautiful image of one of her succulent paintings to share here.  Warm and friendly, Reitze works are as vibrant as I can see she is.  She captures wonderful light and texture, but the thing I feel most from her works is movement.  I love her technique. The blending is done in the viewer's eye with the colors laying on the paper next to each other.  

Jo Reitze, painted with gouache.  And style!  

Although she doesn't have a studio, she has found a wonderful and creative approach to solving that issue.  She paints in people's gardens.  To be more precise, she paints people's gardens.  Working on commission from the garden owners, she has beautiful places to work and a never ending supply of subjects.  It's a brilliant idea and suits her painting style to a T.  

If you'd like to see more of her work and read about her experiences, you can visit her page HERE.  I suspect you'll be as drawn to these works as I have been.  

Thanks for stopping by! Alice