Italian Landscapes

Italy has been on my ind these days.  I was there Seventeen years ago at this time.  It was the place that I first started painting landscapes.  

Orvieto study

9 x12

Oil on panel

Here I am with a wall made of the soft volcanic ash that the town of Orvieto is made from.  I had the chance to carve it and it is like butter.  

The sculpture I am carving here is a harder stone known as Pepperino.  The name fits as the stone has little black flecks that look like pepper.

I have written a few little posts about my trip and time there.  I will at some point get all these blogs together so they are in one place.