Errol Barron
We enjoyed a call recently from New Orleans-based architect and professor of architecture at Tulane University Errol Barron. He paints in watercolor and sometimes oils, primarily cityscapes and landscapes, but also abstractions of natural and man-made structures, weather and water, and the occasional still life.
Many are 11"x7" (Alley, top, and Venice, right), but some are as small as 4"x3", while retaining a sense of scale. There are three published annotated sketchbooks of his observations, including one on New Orleans ("America's Most Foreign City") and one on Rome.
He also plays flute in amateur ensembles and in 2004 released a CD with the pianist Sakiko Ohashi entitled L'Amateur.
At left is a 5"x5" watercolor entitled River Structures.
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