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"Tuscan Trek" - Week One - Italy 2005
June of 2005 offered a great opportunity to focus on plein air (on-site) painting in Italy.  Week one, we stayed with Chicago friends in a wonderful villa overlooking Volterra in Tuscany.  "La Paiola" is owned by a New York artist who lives on the property and offered us an unforgettable glimpse of Tuscan life.  His home provided the inspiration for many of these new works.
Enjoy this tour of central Italy and check often as pieces are added to the page in preparation for the show opening on November 4.  Please contact us with any questions.


Beyond Orvieto

 Orvieto, Italy
Oil, 24.00x20.00

SOLD - Prints Available
 

This is a sampling of the paintings done on-site (plein air) in central Italy--we're adding more to the page each day as I finish the studio paintings from sketches and reference photos.  Please check this page often!
Originals are grouped with new of central Italy (2005) at the top, and older ones of Capri & northern Italy (2000) below.
All the originals of Italy are all museum framed in my studio, Artful Framer Studios, using incredibly beautiful Roma Mouldings, designed and
hand-finished in Italy. 

Most of the 75 originals of Italy 2000 have sold. 
Sold images are available, however, as Fine Art Cards & Gicl
ée prints on our print site: 
 ArtDeTriumph.


 


Sister Act: Breaking Bread
Florence, Italy
 Pastel
17.00x14.00

SOLD - Prints Available

   




Field Of Dreams
 Volterra, Italy
Pastel
31.00x22.50

SOLD - Prints Available


Casa Delle Rose
Tuscany, Italy
  Oil
18.00x18.00

SOLD - Prints Available


Al Fresco In Florence
 Florence, Italy
Oil
18.00x18.00

SOLD - Prints Available
 

  

Twilight Travelers
Pisa, Italy
Oil
08.00x16.00

SOLD - Prints Available

            
Street In San Gimignano
San Gimignano, Italy
Oil
11.00x17.00

    SOLD - Prints Available

           
 Italian Vitner
  Banfi, Italy
  Oil
18.00x14.00

  $1,500  Museum Framed
                                                  

 



La Paiola Pond
Volterra, Italy
Plein Air Oil
18.00x14.00

SOLD - Prints Available

Path To Volterra
 Volterra, Italy
Oil
20.00x24.00

SOLD - Prints Available

                       

A Day In Bagno-Reggio
 Bagno-Reggio, Italy
Pastel
21.00x24.00

SOLD - Prints Available
 


Lunch In San Gimignano

 San Gimignano, Italy
 Plein Air Watercolor
10.25x11.00
SOLD     
 

                       

Poppy Field 1
 Volterra, Italy
Pastel
5.00x5.00

SOLD - Prints Available
 



Poppy Field 2
 Volterra, Italy
Pastel
5.00x5.00

SOLD - Prints Available


Hilltop Gardner
  Banfi, Italy
Pastel
17.00x09.00
SOLD - Prints Available
 

(detail)
Tuscan Lineup

  Volterra, Italy
Pastel
16.50x04.50

SOLD - Prints Available
 


La Paiola Welcome
 Volterra, Italy
Plein Air Oil
14.00x18.00

SOLD - Prints Available

  
Morning at La Paiola
  Volterra, Italy
Plein Air Oil
14.00x17.75
 $1,580 Museum Framed
 

                          


Volterra Valley
Volterra, Italy
Plein Air Oil
14.00x18.00
$1,500  Museum Framed
 



Volterra Valley Still
Volterra, Italy
Plein Air Oil
11.00x14.00

SOLD - Prints Available

                          


View Of San Gimignano
San Gimignano, Italy
  Pastel
17.25x06.25

SOLD - Prints Available
 



Line up
Venice, Italy
Oil
08.75x10.50

$1000

 


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"Tuscan Trek" - Week Two - Italy 2005
We moved south through Umbria and into the countryside of Lazio, north of Rome.  Intensive painting sessions occurred each morning & afternoon, resulting in 2-4 paintings per day!  The Roman Campagna (Roman countryside) is historically significant in that 17th Century plein air painting has it's roots in the very area we stayed.  Claude Lorraine (1600-82) and Corot (1796-1875) painted many of the vistas around Civita Castellana, our home for the week.  All of the fascinating  forays into privately owned farmland were provided by Maddine & Joe of Etruscan Places:  www.landscapepainting.com   I hope you'll enjoy this tour of central Italy and check often as pieces are added to the page through November, in preparation for the show opening on November 4.  Please contact us with any questions.

Gates Of Rome

Rome, Italy

Pastel, 15.500x07.000
SOLD Prints Available
 

Italian Rolls

Roman Countryside, Italy

Pastel, 40.000x30.000
SOLD Prints Available

The Constant Gardner

Faleri Novi
, Italy
Oil, 14.000x11.000
$1,225 Museum Framed
 

The Stone Sink

Civita Castellana, Italy

Oil, 30.000x24.000
SOLD Prints Available
 



 
 
Letting His Guard Down

Rom
e, Italy
Pastel, 7.500x21.500
$1,400 Museum Framed
 






La Generazioni
  Civita Castellana, Italy
Oil, 30.000x40.000
$3,500 Museum Framed.
 



 
 

Field Sketches
  Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 12.000x08.000
$800 Museum Framed.
 





Roman Dome
  Rome, Italy
Pastel, 9.000x14000
$1,040  Museum Framed
 



 
 
Flower Market, Rome
 Rome, Italy
Oil, 12.000x16.000
$1,400 Museum Framed
 


Vatican Museum

Rome, Italy
Oil, 06.000x14.000
SOLD    Prints Available
 



 
 
Pizza Dei Foglia
 Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 12.000x09.500
$990 Museum Framed,
 


Faleri Novi

Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 18.000x14.000
$1,400 Museum Framed
 
  
Along The Tracks
Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 6.250x4.000
Museum Framed,
SOLD
 

Terrano Terrain

Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 6.250x4.250
Museum Framed,
SOLD
 

Civita Castellana I
Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 4.625x6.750
Museum Framed,

SOLD

Civita Castellana
II
Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 4.625x6.750, 
Museum Framed,
SOLD
Prints Available

Civita Castellana
III
Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 4.250x6.250, 
Museum Framed,
$550
 

Sheepish
Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 6.250x4.000
Museum Framed,
$525
 

Poggio Dei Cappucini
Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 20.000x12.000
SOLD  Prints Available

After The Storm

Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 6.000x4.500
SOLD  Prints Available

Fort At Civita Castellana

Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 6.500x4.600
Museum Framed,
$575
 

Made In The Shade

Plein Air Oil, 12.000x08.000
Museum Framed,
$800
 

Mount Soracte
 Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 18.000x14.000
$1,500 Museum Framed,
 
 


Path To Faleri Novi
 Civita Castellana
Plein Air Oil, 12.000x19.750
$1,500 Museum Framed,
 

 


Fresh Cut

Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 18.000x14.000
Museum Framed, $1,280

 

 

 


Tiber Valley
 Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Oil, 14.000x18.000
Museum Framed,
$1,280
 


Giuseppina's Farm

Civita Castellana, Italy

Oil, 16.000x08.500
SOLD


View From Casa Ciotti

Civita Castellana, Italy
Plein Air Pencil, 14.500x10.000
Museum Framed,
SOLD
 
Italy 2000

Weary Traveler-Venice
Pastel, 9x14
museum framed
$1000

Grand Canal-Venice
Pastel, 28.5x22.5
museum framed  $2,400

Venice, View From The Top
Watercolor, 10x14,
museum framed
$900


Clock Tower-Rapallo
Plein Air
Watercolor, 4x6,
museum framed $450
 

Cerulean Sea-Capri
Plein Air Oil, 18x14, 
museum framed, $1,200

The Old Girls-Rapallo
antique dolls at a market stall
Oil, 10x8,
museum framed  $700
 

Cliffs Of Anacapri-Capri
Plein Air Oil, 11.5x7,
SOLD
prints available

 
ITALY IN PRINT-- below, as well as any "sold" piece above      

First Light-Venice
Oil, 26x28, framed
SOLD
prints available

San Marco II-Venice
Oil, 5x9, framed
SOLD
prints available
 

Setting Out-Venice
Oil, 24x20, framed
SOLD
prints available
 

Sunday Paper-Venice
Pastel, 24X20, framed
SOLD
prints available

Antipasto-Venice
Pastel, 10x15, framed

SOLD
prints available

Colors of Camogli-Camogli
Pastel, 18x24, framed
SOLD
prints available
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Rose Garden
Oil Capri
SOLD
prints available

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Ochre Reflections
Oil Venice
SOLD
prints available

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Moving Toward the Light
Oil Rapallo
SOLD
prints available

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Tuscan Trek
Oil  Tuscany
SOLD
prints available

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Meandering
Pastel Venice
SOLD
prints available

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Venetian Red
Pastel Venice
SOLD
prints available

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Gracing Ishcia
Watercolor Capri
SOLD
prints available

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Cinque Terra Hikers
Pastel, Cinque Terra
SOLD
prints available

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A Day in Portofino
Oil  Portofino
SOLD
prints available

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Drifters
Oil  Venice
SOLD
prints available

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Under the Rialto
Oil  Venice
SOLD
prints available

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Tan AM Milan
Oil  Milan
SOLD
prints available

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Our Restaurant
Pastel, Capri
SOLD
prints available

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San Polo
Pastel, Venice
SOLD
prints available

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The Young Gardner
Oil  Capri
SOLD
prints available

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Italian Composition
Watercolor  Rapallo
SOLD
prints available

 
Please contact me if you wish to purchase an original or need further information.
All paintings are priced to include museum framing from my studio.
Fine art prints of the images are produced only after the original is sold.

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