Buongiorno! This is my latest Venice Canal watercolour painting, and it is the seventh piece in my Venice watercolour series! It is still a work in progress.
Can you guess the colour of the water? The water in Venice's canals can be quite dramatic and full of surprises! Wait until I complete this piece, and you'll know the answer.
As for now, il colore dell'acqua rimane un piccolo segreto veneziano.
The original Venice: A Timeless Passage, soon to be available in my shop!
A new watercolour art print, now available in my Etsy shop.
Venice: A Timeless Passage — original watercolour by Denise Wong
A gondolier on the Grand Canal. Sunlit palazzi in ochre and cream. Water the colour of aquamarine — shifting, restless, alive.
This is Venice: A Timeless Passage, my latest Venice watercolour painting, and it is now available as a museum-quality print in my Etsy shop.
The painting captures a gondola mid-passage on the Grand Canal, with the grand palazzi of Venice rising behind it. I painted the water with a lot of movement — blues and greens that change as the light shifts — and kept the buildings in warm, sun-washed tones. The gondolier and his passengers are silhouetted against all that brightness, which gives the scene its quiet drama.
Shown here framed in a living room setting.
The prints are produced on archival Japanese paper — thick, museum-quality stock with excellent colour fidelity and a subtle texture that suits watercolour beautifully.
Paper: Archival, Japan-sourced · 189 g/m² · 10.3 mil
Sizes: 11.69″ × 16.54″ (A3+) | 16.5″ × 23.3″ (A2)
Prices: $70 | $80
Shipping: Worldwide shipping available
These are open-edition prints, which means there is no limited run — you can order whenever you like. I will soon be making all my prints available in these two sizes at the same pricing, so do browse the full shop if you are looking for other Venice or Italian landscapes.
If you have any questions about the prints, shipping, or anything else, feel free to message me through Etsy — I typically respond within a few hours.
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Denise Wong Arts · Limited Edition of 75
Original watercolour giclée prints · Hahnemühle German Etching Paper
Venice does not reveal itself all at once. It comes to you in fragments — a gondola resting beside a lantern-lit gateway, the long perspective of a canal narrowing toward a distant bridge, the sky turning gold above a row of moored gondolas as night begins to fall.
Each print in this series is born from an original watercolour painted in that spirit of quiet discovery. Printed in a limited edition of 75 on Hahnemühle German Etching Paper, these are collector's pieces made to live beautifully on your walls for a lifetime.
Limited Edition 75
Venice, Italy
A long canal recedes between sun-warmed ochre and stone buildings, a bridge just visible in the middle distance, mooring poles rising from the still water. A tree spills over the right bank in deep green. This painting captures the quiet depth and warm afternoon light of Venice's less-travelled waterways — the kind of view that asks you to slow down and stay a little longer.
Limited Edition 75
Venice, Italy
A low stone bridge spans a narrow canal, its arch reflected in the still water below to form a perfect circle. Boats are moored in the foreground beneath terracotta walls; a street sign marks the corner. This is Rio Tera Secondo — a hidden passage that tourists rarely find, painted with the warm earthy tones and quiet drama that make Venice's back canals so endlessly compelling.
Limited Edition 75
Venice, Italy
A black gondola rests at the water's edge before an ornate arched gateway, its carved cartouche presiding above. Lanterns glow against warm terracotta walls, and the dark canal water catches their golden light below. This is a painting that holds the particular stillness of a Venetian corte, a place you stumble upon and are reluctant to leave.
Limited Edition 75
Venice, Italy
A row of gondolas moored along the Grand Canal, their deep blue covers pulled tight and prows rising in a rhythm against a sky of peach and gold. San Giorgio Maggiore stands across the water as the last of the day's light drains from the horizon. This wide-format painting is one of the most luminous in the series — the warmth of the sunset sky set against the deep blue of the boats is something that only watercolour can render quite this way.
