Rain on the Appia Antica 6x8", oil on linen mounted on panelIn the mood for.. rain? Spring! I'm counting warm rain as the first official sign.This was literally painted in the rain and had to be abandoned when the paint became too sticky to mix
From the Window , 10x8", oil on panelIf you've been following my latest project, you just might feel like you've seen me paint this painting before (because you have).With the heavy rain and cold weather I decided to stay in and paint today and I
Today is my 34th birthday,yeah!!I'm going to take a friend's advice and do exactly what I want today so that when I next do what I have to I'll really love it. Good advice, to be taken more than once a year.I'll think I'll
Spring Along the Aqueduct, 12x10", oil on panel"Are you still out there painting ruins and stuff? Why don't you paint something real!"This is what a friend of mine (and an Italian) said to me lately about my paintings, he's so bored with all this ancient
From the Bedroom Window, 10x8", oil on panelMonday! Who thought I would be complaining about something like Monday (or any day at all really..), I have the most fabulous job in the world, painting Rome.But this morning felt like "Monday." It was chilly and overcast,
On the Appia Antica, 8x10", oil on panelIt's almost overwhelming just how many amazing places there are in Rome, and this is by far one of my favorites.This is one of the longest roads built by the Romans (and now restored) and is in fact
Pantheon, View from Piazza Minerva, 10x8", 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
Via Cencelli, 10x8", oil on panelTransportation strike! That meant staying close to home, which was fine by me as I'm lately fixated on going to the local park to paint and it was a gorgeous sunny day, so off I went.Walking back and forth, up