Lighthouse With Balloon

A white lighthouse and a blue Victorian house grow together at the edge of a calm sea, while a red balloon carries a string of colorful flags into the sunset sky. The piece is ink, colored pencil and watercolor on deckle-edge paper, floated on a navy mat in a distressed white wood frame.

Watercolor and Ink on Paper by Boris Rudelson

Size: 15x12

About Boris Rudelson
I’m a watercolor artist and illustrator living in Wayland. I trained at an art school in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia), and I’ve always preferred graphic media: watercolor, ink, pastel and pencil. I love how watercolor builds layer by layer, with each one adding more light and story. My favorite subject is whimsical houses: crooked cottages, lighthouses, castles and tall narrow homes covered in flowers and tiny details. Each one starts as a pencil sketch and grows into a place that feels almost real, but not quite. My art lives on the line between the real world and imagination, and I try to keep it there, never slipping into plain realism or pure fantasy. I also paint quiet forest scenes and illustrated the children’s book Whimsical Way: A Curious Journey on a Special Street.