Herry Arifin watercolour paintings

Painting is, for me, a way of communicating, of expressing to others my feelings about the world around us. When I retired early, in 2002, I found that I had suddenly lost many of the opportunities for communicating that had come with my work. Painting has filled that need since then, and I think it could do so for many retirees.

People often think that to paint one must have unusual, inborn talent, or to go through a long period of training in art school. I found that is not really true painting, like talking is a natural human activity. I had no special training as a young person, only after retiring, I attended painting classes. This taught me the fundamentals of design and of the technical aspects—handling paints and paper. Since then it has been a matter of practice, and looking as much as possible at high quality paintings by others.

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[GLBrannigan]

BRAVO... Captivating. I enjoyed the time away from my own thoughts and into your world.  Thank you!

Gretta Brannigan,

Savannah, GA

[MultiAnne1971]

Hi Herry. I have too say: I just LOVE YOUR WORK!!!! Thank you for sharing this video!!!

[hjhenski]

love your style!

[green2fairy]

perfect

[Itsallrelavant]

Thank you so much for sharing. I have played the video over and over and amazed with your use of color and the strength of your compositions. Beautiful work, I hope you continue to share. I have painted for years however you help me see things in a different and new light. Thank you....Please bring more and I hope you enjoy and live long to paint many many more......

[dianekeys]

I am entranced. Thank you for posting your artwork. I will have colorful dreams tonight!

[ronregansr]

Hi Herry,

Like you, I retired in 2002. Although I cant say I lost the opportunities to communicate - I found a lot of things to do and people to do those things with. I also started painting around five years ago, and I also chose watercolor.

What I find fascinating about your paintings is that you have taken an everyday, ordinary scene and made it an interesting painting.

[lapticul]

name of the song pls.

[fromapi1]

superbe,rien vu d aussi beau ,quel talent,bravo

[ChubbyPony246]

These are amazing! Whats the name of the song?