Castello di Miramare, Trieste

This is a painting of the beautiful castello di Miramare in Trieste, Italy. It's perched up on a cliff on the Adriatic Sea. I was lucky enough to be able to visit Trieste and stay with a friend who had family there. The food is without a doubt delicious,the people nice, and the architecture amazing. The buildings are incredible and this one is no exception. I am excited about returning one day



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Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters

Last week I was invited to go to the Medieval Fair at Fort Tryon Park. I never went to a medieval fair, so I was curious and excited. A lot of people in costumes and lyre music, not to mention that it was at Fort Tryon Park, which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful parks in NY.
The park is in Washington Heights and has an incredible view of the Hudson, and the GW Bridge. The park is also important because inside of it is the Cloisters museum.
The Cloisters museum is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was built in the 1930's. The building is enormous and it's made up of several French abbey churches and monasteries all from the gothic period. These buildings were literally taken apart brick by brick and shipped over to NY and put back together. It's incredible that we have this in New York.
 I posted a painting I did from my last visit here. This time I painted it from outside the Cloisters, in the park.

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Flushing meadow park once again

Being back in NY feels good. I was meeting a friend of mine for dinner in Flushing. I was in the neighborhood early so I decided to make a stop in the park to paint.


These are some of the buildings that were made for the 1964 world's fair here in NY. I think they are very interesting, especially because of their location. I am happy with this painting and I'll continue painting these buildings from time to time.

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Painting at the marina in Newport

After walking around Bellevue street in Newport, I eventually made my way to the marina.

I sat down to paint, but I quickly realized I had a problem. I soaked the paper too much accidentally. I wasn't patient enough to wait for it to dry and I painted over an over, causing bleeds and unrated mixing. Besides that I am still happy with the outcome and I definitely learned not to get ahead of myself with the squirrel mop.


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The Newport Tower

Rhode Island is beautiful. Providence has amazing buildings and a great museum and other places like Newport have incredible seafood restaurants and marinas. I can't complain. My trip was great and I got to paint so I'm happy.


This is the Newport Tower, which I've read is a source of mystery in Rhode Island. Many people claim to be in the dark about how old it is. I did some research and found several answers, most claim the Newport Tower is from the early 17th century, making it a colonial tower. Wether it's colonial or not its still interesting an I enjoyed painting it

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Weybosset bridge, Rhode Island

I am in beautiful Rhode Island. I got to visit the RISD museum as well as tour the RISD campus. I took a break to paint the Providence River and the Weybosset Bridge.


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Groton, Connecticut

Groton is the city where the Avery point lighthouse. This sketch was done quickly before a storm arrived.


It was a great experience painting in Connecticut, hopefully I can return soon to explore and paint a little more.


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