I specialize in the ethereal Art Nouveau style in watercolor or gouache (opaque watercolor) paintings on illustration board. Dee Van Houten's etherial Art Nouveau gouache paintings are characterized by the use of sinuous, graceful, curving lines, interlaced patterns, women, flowers, plants and other motifs inspired by nature. Art Nouveau is one of my favorite art periods, and I began experimenting with its rhythmic fluid lines, flowing design and the strength of its stylization in my own work.