Wineries Tour

Wineries Tour - oil on Canvas - 30 x 24"

'Wineries Tour'  is the product of painting through the filter of  my recollections.  The memories are from a county wine tour we went on in September.  It's a side-step away from what i usually do...but who wants to be usual?  It's been quite interesting working in this way, and I'm sure I will experiment with other abstract work when i get the notion.  I've been interested in abstracts for a while. Fun to see what evolves.

Painting intuitively

County Tour - 36" x 36" oil on canvas

This  painting i've been working on, kind of came together today.  Almost completely intuitively painted.  I really like working that way.  Sort of feeds my soul.  I'm working on a theme inspired from a  wine tour we went on in Prince Edward County in September; but this one also has threads of other recollections too. It's big for me, 36 x 36 inches.  Funny, when i'm working intuitively... usually what i plan on ends up having no resemblance to the end product at all.  Which is okay too.

County Wine Tour # 2 , oil painting

 County Wine Tour # 2

oil on canvas

24" x 24"

Here's the second painting inspired by our Prince Edward County wine tour in September. It was fun just letting go of the original design and going with what felt good. I had to go get a bottle of wine and bring it up to the studio and pour a glass of it so I would have a model for the forground.  Ya you guessed it, i started drinking it while I was painting...sort of added to the mood.  ha ha. 

Getting into the mood

I'm not there quite yet with this one, but I'm getting into the mood of what I want to say.  This painting is one of two I started after a wine tour of Prince Edward County.  It has gone through a lot of changes, as I was having trouble saying what i wanted to...but today after much re-thinking I made some bold decisions and now I feel I am getting there.  I'll post again when I finish.  Gotta run now.  My shift at the RLAA art show starts in 40 minutes! yikes... better get my butt in gear. ha ha

WELCOME ! County vineyards, oil paintings, Rome

Welcome!  That's for anybody coming here for the first time.  If you've visited my blog before you might notice that it has a bit of a new look.  That's because I've switched blog platforms.  Various reasons; but ultimately I'm hoping that I'll have a bit more functionality with this blog. 
Above on the left is the progress on the painting I've been working on today.  It's slower going than the previous one of the same theme. At the moment i need to let it dry,  I want to lighten the value of the shadow, but cant yet; maybe tomorrow. Patience, right?

...that's what this artist  (left) had in spades.  We came across her studio while we were meandering on back streets in Rome.  She specialized in restoring statues, mosaics, paintings and other antiquities.  I was fascinated.
 The Piazza Navona(below right), is full of artists, sort of like Paris's Montmatre. I love the fountains in Navona square...all green / blue and sparkling water gushing from massive white marble statuary.  The fountain of the 4 rivers is my favourite.

Rome is beauty, beauty everywhere you look. Even the mediterranean pine trees which dot the landscape seem to be planned by nature as perfect forms to compliment its architechture.