" Galveston Architectural House Painting" by Herb Rather -watercolor

Galveston Architectural House Painting,

by Herb Rather

watercolor, framed 30" x 22"

Lampasas, Texas, artist Herb Rather, a nationally known watercolorist. Holding two degrees from Rice University in architecture, Rather found his interest in art in the mid-1970s while enrolled in a watercolor class in Houston. (left: Brenham Beauty, 1997)

Rather has used fragments from his travels in his paintings ever since; many in this exhibition will be scenes from France. As the owner of a working ranch in Central Texas, Rather finds a vast array of subject matter at his own back door, and Victorian Era houses and historical buildings are favorite subjects. Architecture plays an important part in these watercolors as subject matter.

Rather appreciates the past and much of his work is concerned with relies that are either preserved or bits and pieces that remain of a time when craftsmanship and fine details were the norm. "The heritage of the past disappears almost without our being aware of our loss. I try to preserve some of these vanishing treasures, as well as the endless variety of nature." (left: Stairway to Yesterday, 1988)

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