Sometimes I find it hard to fathom just how nonchalant Romans are about their streets lined with aqueducts and ruins. With 4 lanes of honking and gridlock traffic whizzing under ancient arches, only someone on a bicycle armed with an easel can afford the luxury
This place is why I love living and painting in Rome. Here the ancient Roman aqueducts line up one next to the other and run through the open fields like silent towering giants in the landscape.Yesterday I took a bet on the rain holding off
First I just wanted to wish all the Canadian and Americans a very Happy Labor Day today!I hope that you are having a wonderful day of rest and enjoying the last of summer fully.Yesterday I went to the hillside town of Arsoli. This was another
This train station is just a short bus ride away from my house and has just been completely remodeled and expanded. It's now a modern, open and free-flowing space with such a great play of light that it was difficult to choose where to paint.Tiburtina
I was thinking about this painting for a few days before I painted it today.I had a crystal clear idea that I wanted to paint a pair of scissors on a table. For me drawing and/or painting scissors has always been a measure of where
How good are you at waiting?If you're like me, not that good.I've been watching these pomegranates grow larger for over 3 months now and they still haven't begun to turn red. In fact we still have another 2 months of waiting. Meanwhile I get to
Today while out painting I realized the place to be in a country with no air conditioning is NOT inside but outside (in the shade of course.)After sweating over the computer this morning, it was a relief and literally a breath of fresh air to
Today I decided to take the big umbrella to the beach to paint under. I'm glad I did, it really helps to see what you're doing without all of that glare off the water. There's also less of a difference and/or surprise when I bring
I felt like a little kid this morning, all excited when I reached the port and saw this blue cargo ship in the harbor. Lucky for me it was even docked alone so that I had a perfect view to paint it.Aziea, Blue Cargo in