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Vatican Easter Message 2013

San Pietro, Roma, Easter 2013 This past Easter  Sunday I attended the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world)  Easter message from the brand new Pope Francis. I’m staying quite close to the...

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Villa dei Quintili, Roma, 5 x 8 in., oil

Villa dei Quintili, 5 x 8 in.oil The Villa of the Quintilii (Italian: Villa dei Quintili)  is an ancient Roman villa along the Via Appia Antica just outside the traditional boundaries of Rome. It was...

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Sant’ Andrea Della Valle, Roma, 8 x 5 in., Oil

Sant’Andrea Della Valle, Roma, 8 x 5 in., Oil I did this landscape  painting  while standing on the Corso di Rinacimento (Street  of the Renaissance) during a late afternoon. There was a busy sweet...

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Near the Teatro di Marcello, Rome,10 x 8 in. (Sold)

Near The Teatro-Marcello,Rome, 10 x 8 in. oil on linen These columns are just to the right of the Theatre of Marcellus ( Teatro di Marcello) which  is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built...

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Una Fontana di Villa Borghese, Roma 8 x 10 in., oil on linen

  Una Fontana di Villa Borghese ( A Fountain at the Villa Borghese), Roma 8 x 10 in., oil on linen Villa Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a...

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Virona Cimiterio, Roma, 5 x 8 in., Oil (Sold)

This painting was done on the first day that I met some of the local  painters in Rome. It’s a gorgeous cemetery established in the early 1800’s. There are many beautiful sculptures and graves. We had...

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Una Fontana Di Villa Pamphili, Roma, 10 x 8 in.,oil

Una Fontana Di Villa Pamphili, Roma, 10 x 8 in.oil This painting is available by clicking here. This painting was done on an outing with some Roman friends to the  wonderful Villa Pamphili park. The...

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Terme Caracalla, Roma, 5 x 8 in., Oil.

Terme Caracalla, Roma. 5 x 8 in. I did this painting on a paint-out with Rome’s Sketchcrawl Roma group  at the  Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla). It was a great day and the Sketchcrawl...

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Fontana di Venere (Fountain of Venus), Galleria Borghese, Roma, 5 X 8 in., Oil

Fontana di Venere (Fountain of Venus), Galleria Borghese,Roma, 5X8 in., Oil I painted this painting right behind the Galleria Borghese, which perhaps houses the finest collection of decorative wall art...

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Acquedotti di Roma (Roman Aquaduct) , 5 x 8 in. Oil

Acquedotti di Roma, 5 x 8 in. Oil This is the second   landscape painting I did at the  Parco degli Acquedotti (Park of the Aquaduct), which  is a public park in Rome, Italy. It is part of the Appian...

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French Consulate, Rome, 8 x 10 in, Oil

French Consulate, Rome, 8 x 10 in., Oil I did this painting on Via Gulia, in the central historic district of Rome. It’s very nearby the Piazza Farnese and the Campo De Fiore. While I was doing it, a...

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Frescoes and Mosaics at the Palazzo Massimo in Rome

Fresco detail at the Palazzo Massimo,Rome. #1 Short shrift. That’s what describes what  Palazzo Massimo (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme) gets from tourists  (and probably most Romans). And it’s to bad...

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Veduta del Foro Romano (View of the Roman Forum), 5 x 7 in., Oil

Veduta del Foro Romano (View of the Roman Forum) 5 x 7 in., Oil I did this landscape painting looking south over the Roman Forum ruins in Rome,Italy. It was a busy spot with tourists until I spilled my...

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Behind Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma, 5 x 7 in, Oil

Behind Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma, 5 x 7 in., Oil I did this landscape painting in a very pleasant little park behind The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant’Angelo (English: Castle of...

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Fabricus Bridge, Roma (Isola Tiburina), 8 x 10, oil

Fabricus Bridge, Roma (Isola Tiburina), 8 x 10 in. , oil This is a cityscape painting of the  Fabricus Bridge, which I painted right before I left Rome. The Pons Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio,...

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Parco degli Acquedotti (Park of the Aquaduct), Roma, 8 x 10 in., Oil

Parco Aqueducto,Roma, 8 x 10 in., Oil The Parco degli Acquedotti (Park of the Aquaduct) where I did this  landscape painting is a public park in Rome, Italy. It is part of the Appian Way Regional Park...

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Ponte Sant’ Angelo di Notte, Roma (Saint Angels Bridge by Night), 8 x 10 in. Oil

Ponte Sant’Angelo di Notte, Roma (Sant’ Angelo Bridge by Night), 8 x 10 in. Oil This is a night painting I did in Rome, Italy of the Ponte Sant’Angelo.  Completed in 134 AD to span the Tiber, from the...

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Chiostro di Michelangelo, Terme di Diocleziane (The Cloister of...

Michaelangelos Cloister, Terme di Diocleziane (The Baths of Diocletian), Roma, 10 x 8 in, Oil This was another landscape painting outing with the Sketchcrawl Roma group. Again they had arranged free...

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Trajans Column, Rome, 8 x 8 in., Oil

Trajans Column, Rome, 8 x8 in., Oil I did this landscape painting in Rome, Italy on a day painting with a few of my Roman plein air friends. It’s near the busiest tourist area, and luckily several good...

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Meeting Other Landscape Painters or Sketchers When You Travel

Painting in Rome’s historic center with Giovanni Ragone and Marco Carloni. By far the best part of my  trip to Italy to paint and learn about the culture,  has been the local painters and fellow...

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Chiesa di Santa Brigida, Oil, 8×10 in.(Sold)

Chiesa di Santa Brigida, Roma (St. Bridget’s Church), 8 x 10 in. oil on linen, This painting was done on a cool March night on the Piazza Farnese. My biggest audience were the waiters running back and...

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Pulcino Della Minerva (Bernini”s Elephant), Roma, 10 x 8 in., Oil

Pulcino della Minerva (Berninis Elephant), Roma, 10 x 8 in., I did this cityscape  painting over two days at the Piazza della Minerva in Rome, Italy, one block behind the Pantheon, which you see in the...

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View of Saubrigues, Aquitaine, France

View of Saubrigues, Aquitaine, France, 5 x 8 in., oil on linen Here is a sketch I did for my friends who I visited in SW France in July 2013.

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Back From Italy and New Daily Painting Auctions

Morning Light, 6 x 6 in., Oil on Linen I’m back from Italy, alas. I had a wonderful time and even visited France and Paris, where I liberally sampled the wine and enjoyed some wonderful meals! And I’m...

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Plein Air Magazine Article

Last month when I was still in Naples, Italy, Steven Doherty, the editor of Plein Air Magazine contacted me about doing an article on my trip to Rome. Unfortunately it was only published in the...

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