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Italy
Historical architecture, fields of magnificent sunflowers
and overflowing markets were feasts of colour and shape all
challenges for the artist on our four trips to Italy from
Umbria to the Tuscany area and surroundings.
By living in a small community near Sienna for a month it
was possible to follow the flow of the area and paint the
most interesting and colourful sites.
By happenstance I found myself in hilly areas so there were
many patterns and designs visible as I looked over the landscape
bathed in brilliant sunshine.
Vineyards abound but one must not forget to mention the golden
glow of the vast fields of sunflowers growing at every turn
of countryside roads.
In amongst magnificent houses with sienna tile roofs I found
lots of earthy pigment was necessary to contrast the Tuscan
soil from hamlets of houses, shops, and coloured buildings
that nestle one beside the other.
"Her rhythmic brushstrokes transmit a joy in the fertile
symmetry of the area-umbers, siennas, ochres, reds, the very
pigments of the local earth along with the vivid purples of
lavender and brilliant yellow-gold horizontal vistas."
Glebe Report, (Ottawa), Ellen Showalter, August 20, 1999”.
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