I took the photo for this painting in 2005 in Orvieto, Italy. It's such a charming town and I love this scene. In fact, I painted it before in a landscape format twice as large. For this painting, I wanted to use the portrait format to emphasize the height of the building in the foreground. Also, this one is painted more loosely and colorfully. I never took a picture of the original painting and although it is hanging in our home, I'm too lazy to try to take a picture of it through the glass. They never seem to come out well without a lot of reflections anyway so you will just have to imagine what it looks like. : )
Orvieto
Image Size 22" x 15"
Watercolor
Une peinture aux senteurs italiennes... très méridionale...
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This really is beautiful, Nancy! I love the way you've handled the shutters. There is something both old and modern in this architecture and quite honestly, I find it intriguing!
ReplyDeleteItaly is very beautiful, isn't it Martinealison.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry. I love all of the old buildings in Europe. I've often wondered if the local people find the buildings charming or just old. All of the old, peeling paint that is so charming there would drive me nuts if it was on our house. Re-painting would be the first thing on my to do list!
What a lovely scene. I love the turquoise shutters and the peach together.
ReplyDeleteMuy bonita la pintura, buen trabajo.
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Thank you Theresa. I've been enjoying the turquoise you use in your paintings. I think you've inspired me to use it more.
ReplyDeleteGracias Ricardo, también gracias por visitar mi blog. También visité tu blog y disfrutado de su poesía.
Love this painting! Great colors!! And nice shadow work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Hilda.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job on this! You nailed the Tuscan colors!!! When I was in Tuscany it always seemed so strange that the streets were so often absolutely empty of people.
ReplyDeleteLove the color scheme, Nancy - those turquoise doors and shutters are da bomb!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joan. When I took this picture, the streets were fairly empty (in June). We were in a different part of Italy this past August and everywhere was SO crowded! I will never visit there at the end of summer again. Too many tourists and the locals were not as friendly as we have found in the past. I think by the end of summer they are probably really tired of having so many people surrounding their homes. I know it would drive me crazy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deborah. Isn't turquoise a fantastic color?
Hi Nancy!... My first visit to your site!
ReplyDeleteWe share many Italian sites... and memories.
I am particularly drawn to your wonderfully designed silk and watercolour paintings. They show a high level of competency and evoke an unusal warmth and vitality. Lovely!
Good Painting!
Warm regards,
Bruce Sherman
I love how you captured the "Tuscan" feel to this. It always made me laugh to see the streets of the small towns so empty in the middle of the day when everything closes up. Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind comments Bruce and welcome to my blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joan. I love the little old towns in Italy. They are so charming.
This is really nice, Nancy! Love the colors. I loved Orvieto, too. :)
ReplyDeleteYour painting invokes memories and new desires...to go to Italy...lovely
ReplyDeleteThank you Kari and Page.
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI'm a first time visitor to your blog and I immediately fell in love with your paintings.... they're gorgeous!!
Thanks for visiting Theresa. I hope you come back often.
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