Certaldo Alto is, as the title suggests, an Italian Hill Town in Tuscany. The ancient architecture is, to our modern eye, charming and beautiful, sitting atop a tall hill. Around every corner we see into the past, romanticizing it to suit our artistic ideas. But life must have been extremely hard – the residents from that era surely had no idea that hundreds of years hence our spoiled selves would be swooning over its beauty!
The techniques employed were not fancy – traditional light to dark, a fair amount of splatter and exaggerated color. I had done a small plein air demo in this village while teaching a workshop in Tuscany. That study was of a different building, but relevant nevertheless, as I painted this studio painting of a scene found “just around the corner”. After all, everything applies to everything!
I'm honored to have had Certaldo Alto selected for publication in Splash 23 (released in July 2022)!
Certaldo Alto is, as the title suggests, an Italian Hill Town in Tuscany. The ancient architecture is, to our modern eye, charming and beautiful, sitting atop a tall hill. Around every corner we see into the past, romanticizing it to suit our artistic ideas. But life must have been extremely hard – the residents from that era surely had no idea that hundreds of years hence our spoiled selves would be swooning over its beauty!
The techniques employed were not fancy – traditional light to dark, a fair amount of splatter and exaggerated color. I had done a small plein air demo in this village while teaching a workshop in Tuscany. That study was of a different building, but relevant nevertheless, as I painted this studio painting of a scene found “just around the corner”. After all, everything applies to everything!
I'm honored to have had Certaldo Alto selected for publication in Splash 23 (released in July 2022)!