Category Archives: watercolour

Cap-aux-Diamants magazine cover II

Posted on August 20, 2025 by julian peters comics

Cap-aux-Diamants is a French-language magazine dedicated to the cultural and social history of Quebec. This is my cover illustration for their Summer 2025 issue, which is dedicated to the siege of Quebec City by the revolutionary American army in the … Continue reading →

Posted in illustration, new france, nouvelle france, quebec, watercolour | Tagged 1775, cap aux diamants, ilot du palais, palais de l'intendant, quebec city, quebec militia, siege | 4 Comments

“Stasera” di Giuseppe Ungaretti

Posted on June 13, 2025 by julian peters comics

Balaustrata di brezza Per appoggiare stasera La mia malinconia. (An illustration inspired by Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti’s 1916 poem “Stasera” (“This Evening”). The text, which was composed while Ungaretti was a soldier in WW1, could be translated more or less … Continue reading →

Posted in Giuseppe Ungaretti, illustration, italy, Poetry, watercolour, World War One | Tagged balaustrata di brezza, giuseppe ungaretti, Italian poetry, stasera, this evening, tonight, war poems, war poetry, wwI | 6 Comments

Joan of Arc

Posted on May 6, 2025 by julian peters comics

“It was deep into his fiery hearthe took the dust of Joan of Arc,and then she clearly understoodif he was fire, oh she must be wood.” –Leonard Cohen, “Joan of Arc”

Posted in illustration, watercolour | Tagged burning, joan of arc, leonard cohen, stake, watercolor, watercolour | 2 Comments

“Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Posted on April 25, 2025 by julian peters comics

Spring has sprung! An illustration of a passage from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem, “Ode to the West Wind.”

Posted in illustration, painting, Poetry, watercolour | Tagged can spring be far behind, if winter comes, ode to the west wind, percy bysshe shelley, poetry, spring, watercolour, winter | 2 Comments

Views of an Imaginary City 18: Entrance Archway to Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park

Posted on February 25, 2025 by julian peters comics

Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park was created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the transfer of the imperial capital to Sensuka. These magnificent pleasure gardens are located on the island of Rateliska, which lies directly across Rejoma Bay from the Korkidéh district, … Continue reading →

Posted in illustration, Imaginary City, watercolour | Tagged art, art-history, history, imaginary city, imaginary places, japanese prints, kitsch, nostalgia, painting, retro, sehnsucht, travel, ukiyo-e | Leave a comment

“Il porto sepolto” di Giuseppe Ungaretti

Posted on February 19, 2024 by julian peters comics

My graphic interpretation of the 1916 poem “Il porto sepolto” (“The Buried Port”) by the great Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970). This comic originally appeared in the third issue of “Junior Poetry Magazine,” an Italian magazine of poetry for young … Continue reading →

Posted in comic book poetry, comics, Giuseppe Ungaretti, illustration, italy, Poetry, Poetry Comics, watercolour | Tagged allegria di naufragi, giuseppe ungaretti, il porto sepolto, Italian poetry, junior poetry festival, junior poetry magazine, poesia a fumetti, the buried harbor, the buried port | 2 Comments

Happy Holidays 2023 from Julian Peters Comics!

Posted on December 18, 2023 by julian peters comics

In what has become a delightful seasonal tradition, once again this year I have designed the holiday card for the Montreal financial services firm ASSURART. The watercolour depicts a house on Rue Rielle, in the Verdun neighbourhood of Montreal.

Posted in illustration, montreal, quebec, watercolour | Tagged assurart, christmas card, holiday card, montreal architecture, montreal christmas, montreal winter, rue rielle, Verdun | 4 Comments

The House of the Rising Sun

Posted on October 29, 2023 by julian peters comics

“There is a house in New Orleans, they call The Rising Sun, and it’s been the ruin of many a poor girl, and me, oh God, I’m one.”

Posted in illustration, watercolour | Tagged bob dylan, brothel, french quarter, illustration, louisiana, new orleans, the animals, the house of the rising sun | 6 Comments

Views of an Imaginary City 30: Sensuka-Okrona Friendship Garden in Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park

Posted on October 16, 2023 by julian peters comics

The city of Okrona was the imperial capital, on and off, for more than eleven centuries (and is still sometimes regarded as the Empire’s cultural capital). On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the transfer of the imperial seat … Continue reading →

Posted in Imaginary City, watercolour, writing | Tagged fall leaves, imaginary city, imaginary places, japanese prints, menage a trois, sehnsucht, ukiyo-e | 2 Comments

Views of an Imaginary City 23: Kadukaripaza in Korkidèh

Posted on August 23, 2023 by julian peters comics

Kadukaripaza (Karipaza Square) in the Korkidèh neighbourhood is one of the most appealing spots in all the imperial capital. The square is lined on three sides with two-storey whitewashed buildings, all of which have a row of arcades running along … Continue reading →

Posted in Imaginary City, watercolour | Tagged de chirico, imaginary cities, imaginary places, japanese prints, orta san giulio, sehnsucht, ukiyo-e | 10 Comments