Painting is mostly a solitary sport, except when you're out on the streets of Italy.Not only do Italians love to chat about anything and everything, they will recount the most wonderful stories about their lives and even the neighborhood where I am painting that day.Via
Every year I participate in numerous plein air painting competitions. Why? Good question, sometimes I wonder too.While they can have their down sides (the stress of completing a painting in one day!) they are a fabulous way to learn a ton in a short period of
Today I'm writing from Umbria and posting from my cell phone nonetheless, so we'll see how this works.I'm away because I'm teaching a week of watercolor sketchbook at the most wonderful villa, here completely for artists' workshops called Arte Umbria.I've had the wonderful opportunity to
A quick post to invite you to an exhibition of Roman cityscapes and landscapes opening in Rome this Friday. Roma Itinerari d’AmorePaintings, Sketchbooks and Photography Studio-9 Vicolo della Moretta, 9 - Rome Kelly Medford Giovanni Ragone Olha PryymakCaterina Rosa Maria Iollo Pietro Simonelli Exhibition Open
Well, getting into this larger canvas has been very exciting for me. Just the act of using my entire arm (as opposed to just the wrist) to paint feels powerful and how painting was meant to be. The Old Casale60x75 cmwork in progress I was sure I
This little one is from the renowned neighborhood Trastevere. Anyone who has been to Rome has most likely visited this part of town and loved it immediately. It's just what you think of when you think of Italy: old with narrow cobbled streets, vines growing
This is the end of a season, the season of painting competitions. I'll miss them. They give me the adrenaline and push to conceive and create a large painting in a short time. I'm also convinced that they make me paint better with the competition
It seemed to be a particularly quiet Sunday in one of my favorite and less frequented parks in Florence, Stibbert. There was a soft muted light and so the voices and chatter even seemed subdued today. Fall is here and so life is slowly winding down.
All morning I was working in the studio to finish up a commission and then afternoon came. It dawned on me: it's time to do my daily painting.I wanted to keep pushing through this morning's work, but it was time for a break. Looking around