The colors of Easton: Why this watercolor painter has chosen the city as his subject [Video]

Easton, Pennsylvania is home to many. It’s a place where many work, go to school, raise children, and live their lives. They pass by the same buildings, trees, streams, and hills each day in the city they live in.

Some may take special notice of this architecture and these landscapes, looking at Easton as if through a window. Well, in this case, through a canvas.

Though Julio Rodrigues is currently a resident of Forks Township, he’s lived in and visited around the country and internationally. In each place he’s lived in, he sees them for their landscapes and buildings. When put together with paper, watercolor paint and brushes, it creates one of greatest passions.

Rodrigues, a retired electrical engineer, has had a passion for watercolor painting ever since he was a child. He was born in Portugal, and spent all of his childhood years drawing and painting. He lived in Portugal until …