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Pantheon: View from Piazza Minerva

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

Isola Tiberina, 10x12", oil on panelHow exotic, an island in the middle of the Tiber river, right in the middle of Rome! Of course this isn't the first painting of the island, most famously Corot painted it in 1825. I love being

Via Cencelli

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

Il Nasone

Il Nasone, 8x6", oil on panelNasone in Italian means big nose. That's right, here's a portrait of one of Rome's famous big noses!I've been wanting to paint this public fountain for awhile (this one in particular because of how it is just about to fall

La Salita, View of the Vittoriano

La Salita, View of the Vittoriano, oil on panel, 10x12"This is a secret magic spot. It's one of those places that one always hopes to find, especially when wandering around a new and unknown city.A friend brought me here by accident one day (we missed

Boat Tour, Lungotevere

Boat Tour, Lungotevere, 8x10", oil on panelFor some reason I keep going to the river to paint. It seems to be a place for peace and quiet along with endless paintable themes.This little treasure of a spot is where (in the summer I presume) you

City Olive

City Olive, 10x8", oil on panelEven in the dirtiest park one can find a lovely olive tree. I happen to love this park, it's in my neighborhood and it is where one of the old Roman acquaducts runs (which I just found out was

Ode to Keats

Ode to Keats, 8x10", oil on panelI painted this at the Protestant Cemetery here in Rome. It's a wonderful place, I can't even begin to describe it with it's layers of tombs in all different shapes and sizes- some with carved sculptures, shrubs, etc. and

Sycamores on the Tevere

Sycamores, Il Lungotevere 10x8" oil on panelIn the last few days the temperature has dropped here in Rome, making it really feel like winter. I was prepared and dressed in a ridiculous amount of layers, as if I were going out to paint the high