Tower in Perugia

Perugia is beautiful. I got to spend a few days there, so I did lots of drawing. This is the tower of the church of Saint Peter.


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A boat in Vernazza

I love painting boats even though I find them extremely difficult to paint. It was nice to hang out in Vernazza, which is a fishing village with lots of things to paint, like boats.

Vernazza is also one of the five villages of Cinque Terre.


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Monterosso al Mare

This is the northern most village of Cinque Terre. With an excellent long stretch of beach.



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Liguria

I spent a few days in Liguria, and I must admit I was productive. I'll be posting some of the paintings I did while I was away. This one is from Deiva Marina, a small city in northern Liguria that is almost at the border of Genova.


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Torre delle Ore, Lucca

One if the nicest cities I visited in Tuscany is Lucca, besides its Tuscan charm it had an amazing amount of Romanesque architecture which I love. This is a narrow street that leads to the Torre delle Ore.


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Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato

The church on the left is a beautiful renaissance church by architect Guiliano da Sangallo. It's called Santa Maria delle Carceri, it was commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici. The building you see on the right is the Emperor's Castle. Built for Frederick II king of Sicily in the early half of the 13th century.


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A view of Siena

This is a view of Porta Pispini in Siena from the church of Sant'Agata.


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Abbey of San Galgano

I had a small exhibition here in Siena, Italy. I didn't posts any of the paintings because I was using them for the show. Since the exhibition is over I will start to post some of the work.

This is the abbey church of San Galgano in Siena.


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Michelangelo

Michelangelo is one of the biggest reasons why I started to study art history. So to be able to see his work in person has been incredible.

I visited the Museo dell'opera del Duomo in Florence the other day, and I was very pleased with the arrangement and collection.

One of the highlights of the museum is the Florentine Pietá by Michelangelo. It's also called the Bandini Pietá and sometimes even the Deposition. Either way it's beautiful and I got so see it and draw it which was even better.

Michelangelo, Pietá Fiorentina 1547-55.


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A view of Siena

A nice view of the city of Siena from the Medici fortress.


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