Summer wanes ; temperatures decline . Parisians return from vacation to be greeted by a city bathed in a golden hue .
THE WORLD IN BRUSH & PEN
Seasonal Gold
Seasonal Gold , 2017 Left Bank , Seine , Paris Watercolour on paper 31 x 41 cm
Hiroshi Shimazaki
Summer wanes ; temperatures decline . Parisians return from vacation to be greeted by a city bathed in a golden hue .
Cultural events abound and warming street food tempts tourists and locals alike . In 2017 , I experienced this scene . Two years later , a fire at Notre-Dame de Paris destroyed much of the roof , causing the collapse of its spire . Five years on , reopening of the renovated cathedral is scheduled about Christmas time this year .
ARTA member Hiroshi Shimazaki is a geographer / artist who has been practicing watercolour landscape sketching and painting for sixty years . Here he offers one window into an artist ’ s mind .
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