The weather is really changing now. The front page of today's paper had Rome's mayor out lining the river with sand bags to protect against the predicted coming storms. Fall is here in a big way and today it was all about the clouds.October Clouds, Acqua
This is a part of Rome that I had yet to paint: the neighborhood Prati. I think of Prati as the upper west side of Rome. It's chic with wide boulevards lined with trees. It's dotted with nice cafes and businessmen on the go. When
Do you ever find that you're, well, not in the mood to do what you need to? How do you work under those circumstances?Today I'm a little tired and (I hate to admit it) a lot stressed. I didn't even want to think about painting.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
Practice makes perfect? Ha! Obviously it wasn't an artist who said that.Today as I went into the studio to finish up a commission, I froze.I'd been away from the painting for too long and I wasn't sure where to start and how to get back
One of my favorite haunts, the aqueduct park, was just waiting to be painted again today.The weather is gorgeous with those high floating clouds and clear skies after the latest rains. This was a day just to enjoy being outside and of course, painting.The Lone
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