I TALY
It is perhaps the timeless qualities of cities such as Venice, Lucca and even areas of Rome together with smaller villages like Portofino that attract my eye, the built environment and daily life seeming almost unchanged over hundreds of years. The country that gives names to so much of my palette – Venetian Red, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber and Terra Rosa – holds a special place in my “half Italian” heart. And, perhaps I’m just a sucker for punishment, but it is the same difficulty that attracts me to painting silverware and glassware in my traditional still life work, that attracts me to the shimmering reflections of the canals of Venice.
La Piazetta from the Canal Oil on Canvas | 67 x 67 cm | £5750
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