The soul unfolds like a lotus with a thousand petals - Kahlil Gibran Welcome to Miranda*s Gallery  Here you'll find a selection of my paintings When I paint with watercolor I like to see how the water behaves. Once the paint is put on paper one has to work quickly before it dries, because one can't repaint with watercolors (the way one can with oil and acryl) without blending the colors into a muddy mess. In this way the water lives a life of its own and one never knows what the picture will look like until it is finished. I try to cooperate with water under its terms. That's why I like to paint relatively abstract, and the theme in my pictures is usually a combination of sky and sea, both watery elements. Caligraphy needs a control one doesn't have with water. It takes accuracy and a steady hand. In my early works I wrote directly on the painting, but since the writing then appeared quite dominant I have later chosen to write the text on a sheet of paper and then transfer it a bit minimalized to the painting. This gives an impression of "floating" and lightness not felt in the earlier pictures. Now over to the paintings! Click to go to gallery