As I mentioned in my last post, one of my (four) recent paintings was of a Venetian canal hemmed in by all the haphazard geometry of shuttered windows, porticos, balconies and rooftops. I spent a good portions of my Saturday scanning this in sections (its reasonably large), sewing it together and uploading it to my website and so here it is.

This subject is a complete diversion from my norm…but then, if you are a regular reader of my blog or have tripped upon my earlier post Irresistable Venice (or, Why I Just Have to Keep Going Back), you will know that I have a long-standing love affair with the place and so, in many ways, this painting has been hovering in my subconscious, just waiting to happen, for quite some time.  I also found it immensely enjoyable to paint, deeply satisfying to watch as it evolved though various “tweakings” and have had great reactions to it so far so, I suspect, more of this ilk will be appearing in the future – certainly more paintings inspired by the Italian architecture that I love so very much and, with another  trip to Italy on the horizon, I should have plenty of new material.