An Artist in Venice
[Van Doren] has such a gift for watercolors . . . with a bold wet look that still sits up on the page. --John Updike[Van Doren's] depictions of San Marco and the Grand Canal in Venice, architectural ruins, and boats on the Thamse could double as illustrations for a Henry James tale of Americans abroad. --The New Yorker[Van Doren] can often be found wandering the streets with his paints, pad, stool, and umbrella for shade, squinting at domes and corbels, caryatids, bays, oriels, cornices, medallions, entablatures and pediments, which he rushes to capture before the light fades. --The New York TimesArchitect and artist Van Doren offers a love letter to Venice in this elegant and slender volume, and he sings his praise to the city through majestic prose and 23 beautiful watercolor paintings of Venice. --Publishers Weekly, starred review[Van Doren] can often be found wandering the streets with his paints, pad, stool, and umbrella for shade, squinting at domes and corbels, caryatids, bays, oriels, cornices, medallions, entablatures and pediments, which he rushes to capture before the light fades. --The New York Times[Van Doren] pulls off the not-inconsequential feat of conjuring some of the best-known views of the world with fresh eyes. --The Wall Street Journal[Van Doren] can often be found wandering the streets with his paints, pad, stool, and umbrella for shade, squinting at domes and corbels, caryatids, bays, oriels, cornices, medallions, entablatures and pediments, which he rushes to capture before the light fades. --The New York Times