Posted on: January 12th, 2012
Three Cheers for January Snow
I saw the snow from a distance right around the middle of December up on the mountain tops surrounding Foligno. It was magical. To my great delight I actually got to hear the crunch under my feet when we went to Colfiorito for a hike on the Epiphany, last week. It was a cold blustery day and it finally really felt like winter.
We did some traveling playing tour guides with visitors over the holidays – hit the usual suspects: the Giotto frescoes in Assisi, ruins in Rome, the Duomo in Florence (as well as the Capella Brancacci), among others. Now, I’m ready to get back to my own work!
Photos below from left to right: a modern ruin on a Roman wall; a detail in Assisi; and the Duomo in Firenze at dusk.
Posted on: December 31st, 2011
Posted on: December 24th, 2011
Ho Ho Ho.
Here’s wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season, however and whatever you may be celebrating. May 2012 bring light, warmth, and plenty of laughter your way.
Tanti Auguri (best wishes) from us in Italy!
Posted on: December 12th, 2011
In case you were wondering …
how I’ve been spending my time – other than picking olives, and eating bruschetta drenched in green oil; I do sit down at my table to draw/paint/collage on a daily basis. Some pieces are purely invented, some are of actual places, and then there are those that fall somewhere in-between what exists in my head and what lies out in the streets below.
Italy continues to both inspire and confound me with all it’s chaos and contradictions. For example, though Christmas has become equally as commercial here as in the U.S. they still celebrate the immaculate conception of Mary with a national holiday. Who knew Jesus wasn’t the only one to be immaculately conceived?
Posted on: November 26th, 2011
