Trees of Italy
Here's another Italy inspired painting while I experiment with iPad. Is it me or is there a pasta influence in these paintings. Loved the pasta!!!
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I am working on a surrealist fantasy painting called transformation. I can't wait to post it! As soon as I finish it I will start a series on Italy. In May my daughter and I travelled to Rome, Florence and Cinq Terre, Italy. I was emotionally moved and drunken not with wine (although it was quite good) but with the beauty and light of this country. During our stay in Rome, our hosts, Rosalba, Fabrizzio and Riccardo were gracious, kind and everso attentive to Sophie's and my needs. We are both grateful for their hospitality and friendship. What struck me when I arrived in Italy were the elegant tall pine trees seen everywhere. They line the hillsides and the streets with their wonderous height, their twisting and intertwining branches holding tufts of leaves at the end of their reach, like tall waiters balancing platters above our heads. They will certainly be part of my next few paintings. Ciao amic...
Mixing Old With New
This drawing was originally created 9 years ago at our family chalet in St. Donat using pencil on paper. After the children caught some fish I cleaned and prepared it for the meal. As I looked at the remains it inspired me to draw the detail of its texture against the natural backdrop. Nine years later I pop it into the computer and use my pen and tablet to touch it up.
Galerie d'Art Viva Vida
You are invited to visit Galerie d'Art Viva Vida where you will find two of my paintings exhibited along side some talented artists
Goodbye Maya
Maya left us last Friday for a better world. She has the Christmas spirit though because she told me so. Here she is enjoying some Holiday fun. Miss you Maya xxx