Arezzo is a fabulous town, you know the town where they filmed Life is Beautiful with Roberto Benigni? Well, in person life IS beautiful here.While I was tempted to paint in the main square or on a side street, the sun was boiling this morning and
Ok, so Chianti is known as "Chiantishire" only because, well, you can guess by the name. It is beautiful and picture perfect and today even more so, as the clear blue sky provided only the occassionaly puffy cloud floating by.House on the Hill, Greve in
Today I'm painting in Tuscany with a friend and great painter Lisa Egeli. It's great to be back on my old turf, painting here after having been in Rome for the last year and a half. The light is unique here, it has a bluish
Now, I know I've written about Garbatella before and what a special place it is. So much so that I just had to go back there and paint some more. Afternoon in the Courtyard, Garbatella 19x23 cm Oil on Panel SOLD What I love about this place is the light and
Have you ever taken a stroll down the restored ancient road just outside of Rome called the Appia Antica? It's enchanting. Now that summer is here, the light is bright and clear just as a painter would have it. The towering pines and cypress trees
Now there's a really special place in Rome. I know, all places are special here, but chances are that unless you live here, you haven't made it to this one: Garbatella. Afternoon at the Fountain, Garbatella Oil on Linen Panel 10 x 12" Available What's so special about this place?
I'm entitling this blog post this way to give myself the opportunity to talk about something in my work (and I imagine in many other painters as well), that really nags at me sometimes: the level of finish in a painting.I seem to have this "problem",
After affronting the daunting challenge of painting a farmer's market in Bradenton, Florida last month, I thought I might keep up the challenging nature of painting moving things outside and go paint at my local neighborhood farmer's market. Morning Market, Pigneto 9x12" Oil on Panel Painting on the street