{"id":53180,"date":"2022-09-21T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=53180"},"modified":"2022-09-21T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:10:13","slug":"book-feature-the-watercolor-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-feature-the-watercolor-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Feature: <em>The Watercolor Road<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Painting and Writing Through the American South<\/em><\/h2>\n<h4>Wyatt Waters, Author<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-53182\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Watercolor-Road-none-needed-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/>Watercolor artist Wyatt Waters learned from his very first art teacher the importance of painting from life. Since then, whether getting his start painting on the streets of Jackson, MS, or traveling in his 1968 VW camper, or spending time in Italy, he has been on a mission to paint on location. His latest book, <em>The Watercolor Road,<\/em> is a product of journeys throughout the south, including stops at some iconic spots in Western North Carolina. \u201cWe set up camp in Waynesville last summer,\u201d Waters says, \u201cand thoroughly enjoyed our stay.\u201d Among the places he painted were Looking Glass Falls, Maggie Valley, downtown Asheville and Cashiers Farmers Market.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, he has learned not to develop preconceived notions before arriving at the next location. \u201cYou hear about places you haven\u2019t been and get this idea created in your head,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen you finally go there, it is always different. Driving to the subjects made me feel the in-between physical connection of the places\u2014how the landscape would gradually change from mountains to hills and pastureland and into islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides paintings, the book includes Waters\u2019 writings. \u201cThe essays are both a painter\u2019s musing on life as well as a travelogue of experiences,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The Watercolor Road | Painting and Writing Through the American South,<em> August, 2022, nonfiction, hardcover, $48, by Wyatt Waters, and published by The Watercolor Road Press, Clinton, MS. Find copies at local independent bookshops or at <a href=\"http:\/\/WyattWaters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WyattWaters.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watercolor artist Wyatt Waters learned from his very first art teacher the importance of painting from life. 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