Pantheon: View from Piazza Minerva

Pantheon: View from Piazza Minerva

Pantheon, View from Piazza Minerva, 10×8″, oil on panelThe Pantheon is probably the most well known site in Rome after the Colosseum. I actually had no plan of painting this, it just seems somehow too obvious. I had no plan at all except to paint something, but as I was walking through this square the light slanting across the back side of the Pantheon with that deep, clear blue sky just seemed too good to pass up. It’s an odd angle, not one I would have thought to have painted, but that’s what made it even more interesting and less predicitable as a painting.I really enjoy the surprise element of walking and finding these magical spots, and the real beauty is that they are endless.To buy today’s painting from my website, click hereTo see this and other paintings from the When In Rome series, click here