“It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.” - Vladimir Putin
Watercolour portrait of Vladimir Putin ©Barbara Spurll
watercolour portrait of Usha Vance ©Barbara Spurll
New portrait
“Although he’s a meat and potatoes kinda guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food for my mother.” - Usha Vance
New portrait
“And even if you don’t believe it, even in Mexico there are better hamburgers than McDonald’s and they have better nutritional content.”
- Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (Mexican President)
watercolour on watercolour paper, ©Barbara Spurll 2025
Watercolour portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
New portrait
"Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes need saving from ourselves — from our recklessness or our greed." - Queen Elizabeth II
watercolour on cold pressed paper, 9 x 11 inches, ©Barbara Spurll