Friday, August 20, 2010

The Armada Portrait


20×25cm , watercolor, 2010.

A painting of Elizabeth I about the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. She cradles an English Galleon, and in the background rages a stormy sea.

3 comments:

Elizabeth said...

What a gorgeous use of colors! The drawing is beautiful and so intricate!

Kathy Jurek said...

Mark, the detail on this is beautiful and the color palette is subtle and moody.

Linda said...

Very cool picture!