Early morning in the Olive grove

This is one of my favorite and recurrent images. A path through trees with long shadows that happen only in early mornings or late afternoons.
This painting is 30x30" one of the largest sizes I have ever painted. Most of it is painted using a #4 bristle flat brush, a small brush for such a large painting!
I worked on this piece in stages waiting for the paint to dry before applying other layers of color. Unusual for me an "alla prima" painter, an impatient and impulsive painter.
I think this painting is quite successful. I like the light in it and the variation in the large areas of color.I like the trees foliage and the impressionistic foreground. I am also happy with the shape on the main tree trunk. I think it gives the piece a certain tension and expressive quality.
This painting is on display at Buckland Southerst Gallery , West Vancouver.


Your comments and criticism are welcome!
Sold October 2007 at Buckland Southerst Gallery, West Vancouver.

Paesaggio con Cipresso ( Landscape with Cypress tree)

This painting stems from sketches and photos done in my last trip to Tuscany. A field of Poppies and a lone Cypress trees in the countryside near Siena.
I am going back soon and I will sketch again and take hundreds of photos of my beloved Tuscany.

Paesaggio con Cipresso is a large 24x30" oil on canvas. It can be viewed/purchased at Buckland Southerst Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Just an update: this painting was just sold September 23rd, after only 5 days since I brought to the gallery. I am working on a 30x30" oil painting of trees now, it should be finished in couple of days. I will post it here of course!