Hills of Florence

[Grapes]

An old landscape I painted a long time ago.

It was a summer time when I was painting pleinair on this location. I was very beginner on pleinair. I took plenty of reference photos and in the fall I started this painting because I was very fond of the wagon & other elements there in front of us. Location is Florence, Due Strade (the hills of Florence).

Oil on canvas, 46x35 cm (approx.18x14in)

Thanks for looking!

 

[Enyaw]

I would not have recognized your style on this one.

 

[Grapes]

Painted it long time ago. Thanks!

 

[Enyaw]

It’s well done but I like your newer direction.

 

[Grapes]

Wayne, thanks!

 

[Maybenartist]

Love Tuscany, love your painting.

 

[Jade]

Beautiful Grapes! Really calm... It's interesting to see your evolution

 

[Donna T]

I love the hazy atmosphere in this one, Grapes, and think it's a gorgeous painting! I've never been to Italy but it sure looks like a dream for a plein air painter.

 

[Grapes]

Mayben, Jade and Donna, thank you!

I returned to this spot five yrs later and they had moved the wagon away.

 

[Maybenartist]

Mayben, Jade and Donna, thank you!

I returned to this spot five yrs later and they had moved the wagon away.

Typical, I have the same problem when I find something on a menu I like, I go next time specifically to order it and they've taken it off the menu!

 

[Grapes]

Ha, ha ... Mayben!
I think I went back to that place with a hope to paint pleinair of that landscape with the wagon in it but as it was gone ...

I didn't paint it the first time because I simply didn't know how to do it in pleinair. I painted simple cypress lines etc.

 

[PaintBoss]

Grapes this has a lovely atmospheric quality to it. The lighting and feel reminds me of a day when it gets still and feels like it’s about to rain -it’s building to that. On those days sometimes it doesn’t actually rain. It just gets this look and feel . Well done!

 

[snoball]

Your style has evolved over the years. I love this one, but I also like your style now.

 

[Grapes]

PB, thanks!
My references were pretty overcast, l recall.

Sno, thank you!