The Perfect Venitian Light
When I think of Venice I think of gray, fog and soft quiet light.Though it’s not always that way, that is the ideal way I like to picture the city and the empty sparse piazzas around every corner seem to echo this sentiment.
Fall, San Giacomo dell’Orio Venice
9×12″
Oil on Paper (mounted)
SOLD
This square, one of my favorites in all of Venice, is the perfect example of what I mean. Its silent and muted pinks and yellows mixed with the gray stones and old water well are as if from a dream. There are so many subjects to paint just in this square alone and in the afternoon filled up with families, people walking their dogs and a few tourists off-the-beaten-track who made their way here for lunch. This is where we spent our last day painting during our Venice plein air workshop last month and I think everyone was sad to stop painting at the end of the day. Everyone said that this was their favorite place.Nestled between 2 canals it is a lovely place to visit next time you’re in Venice. I’m sure you will enjoy it as much as we all did.