Showing posts with label Venice paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venice paintings. Show all posts

November 9, 2012

Buon giorno, Venice!

Acrylic on water color paper 7 by 9 inches 

Recently I had a great time traveling  to Italy, we covered quite a lot from Rome, Venice, Sienna to Florence and ended our trip  with a memorable  spiritual experience at the Basilica of San Francesco at Assisi in Perugia.I came back with a lot of pictures taken, hoping to paint, but I do not know  how much justice I am going to make!

One of my childhood desire was to  enjoy a gondola ride and I never hoped that I would hop in to one some day. Here is an attempt to paint the view of  the Basilica di Santa Maria Della Salute,(one of the most significant and beautiful landmark in Venice), from the gondola ride across the Grand Canal. I struggled to let go of details, that was the hardest part for me with this painting. Enjoying the view was a moment of joy and dream come true...  the painting time itself was a sort of a healer :-)