About Rapid Reach
‘Rapid Reach’ – The Artworks of RUSSELL RISKO. This watercolor is my donation to the 2023 Lambertville Shad Fest & Poster Art Auction. It was donated to the Jim Hamilton Memorial Shad Festival Scholarship, the charitable mission of the historic Shad Festival.
Impressionistic Genre
Somewhere along the Delaware River you will find a Rapid Reach. Or perhaps, many such stretches alone the river. Rapid – a fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. And Reach – a continuous extent of land or water, especially a stretch of river. This painting is one in a series titled ‘Fields & Streams’. It draws on the quick brush strokes and almost sketch-like style characteristics created in the spirit of the late 19th-century French Impressionists.
This stretch of river captures the forests, fields and marshlands that blanket the Delaware Valley River region, providing ample opportunities for creative inspiration and expression.
Lambertville Shad Fest & Poster Art Auction
All posters sold are original works of art generously donated by local artists to fund the next generation of artists in the Delaware River Valley. Each year work to raise enough money to fund The Jim Hamilton Memorial Shad Festival Scholarship. The scholarship consists of two $10,000 scholarships to two high school seniors going on to pursue a degree in the fine, performing, or culinary arts.
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Study: ‘Rapid Reach’ – watercolor on Arches archival/acid-free H/P.