Today I'm in the countryside and got lucky because my friends are letting me use their computer after a huge lunch and a lovely walk in the woods, who could ask for anything more?!This was painted in a field near the Arno river
Today was truly the most gorgeous day! I got lucky and had painting company today of 2 painters visiting from Charleston. We caught the bus up here, had a picnic and then they went to work. I wasn't really as diligent as they were though.
I've actually painted here before. This is one of the places that I'm obsessed with and don't think I could ever get tired of paitning. It's a place way out of town along the Arno river. There's a bike path all the way and it
What had me make this painting were the strips of light on the floor, without that light it just would have seemed overwhelming painting all those shelves of books. The light on the floor is what made painting all those books worth it for me
Yesterday I was at a museum about the history of Florence and I saw a whole series of drawings and paintings done inside the narrow winding streets of the old center before it was partially destroyed and rearranged. I got really inspired and excited by
Something about the simplicity of this scene is what made me want to paint it. Originally there were tons of little objects, details, etc. in this composition, but as I painted I just eliminated them finding something more interesting about the lack of detail than
Today I went to work again on an object as it's raining cats and dogs outside. I'm liking painting inside these last few days, if nothing else for the change of pace and solitude. Sometimes it can be distracting paintng outside when everyone wants to
Sometimes I have a debate with myself about the importance of subject matter in painting. Can a single object painted well be more beautiful or somehow meaningful than a poorly painted landscape? Definitely. But what is it that I want to paint? Is there any
I almost can't believe that it's day 69 and that I'm actually this far along in the project, the days are just flying by. To tell the truth I don't think I've been challenging myself too much these last few days, but rather have been