La Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgian Landscape Painting
1/30/2013 3:29:20 PM
Chocolate, waffles, coffee, beer, mussels, fries... Belgium has a lot to offer to satisfy a hungry traveler's appetite. But one also finds a lot there that is simply a feast for the eyes - the Grand Place in Brussels, for example. This is not as big as some of the other world's famous squares but what a beautiful square it is.
To feel the grandeur of La Grand-Place, one has to be standing in the middle of it. To really understand the historical importance and power of merchants who thrived in this commercial center, one has to see and marvel at exquisite guildhalls. Although each building may be different in size, [...]
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Venice Reflections XI, Italian Landscape Painting
1/25/2013 12:02:25 AM
I am delighted and honored to announce my participation in the Les Aquarellades 2013, an international invitational watercolor exhibition. It takes place in Mons, Belgium, about 50km SSW of Brussels, from today through February 10.
Four original paintings of mine, including this one, are on exhibit, together with works of other fine watercolorists selected for this show. I will also have the pleasure of doing a 2-day workshop, Saisir l'atmosphere et la lumiere en aquarelle and a demo during the event.
Venice Reflections XI
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Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 29 x 10 inches (74 x 25 cm)
Frame/Mat: Yes
Purchase: Available during exhibition.
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A Room with a View - Italian Landscape Painting
1/21/2013 2:19:06 AM
A Room with a View - when a young English woman and her cousin/chaperone didn't get a room with a view they had requested at a hotel in Florence, Italy, fellow guests from England, a father and his son, offered to trade their room. Theirs had a view and the older man believed that "women like looking at a view and men don't." The view in question was the one with the Arno River and cityscape of this Renaissance city.
The movie A Room with a View, based on the novel by E.M. Foster, was beautifully done, making viewers want to visit [...]
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Day's End, Romanian Landscape Painting
1/15/2013 4:30:59 AM
When the sky turns gold, it's time for farmers to wrap up their field work and go home. In the scene I painted, two farmers are busily stacking up hay onto their wagon. Something like this is quite a typical scene in the coutryside of Romania.
At the end of a long summer day in the northern part of the country, watching the sky at sunset is one glorious spectacle. The colors slowly change from gold to orange to pink to purple. What makes the sky so beautiful here must be clean air as the region is mostly rural with traditional villages, [...]
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Bucharest I, Romanian Landscape Painting
1/6/2013 4:45:41 PM
In the historic center of Bucharest is a colorful cafe scene covering several blocks. There were some impressive, interesting buildings of different architectural styles, and lots of people, locals and visitors, enjoying themselves on the streets. The overall mood here was just as what one would expect to see or feel in any major city in Western Europe - lively, modern and cosmopolitan. It is quite a contrast to a somber mood of gray, no-nonsense, concrete, communist-era buildings that share the skyline of Romanian capital.
I am pleased that this painting has been selected to be in the 2013 Juried Biennial at [...]
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Yurakucho Station, Tokyo, Japanese Landscape Painting
1/4/2013 2:22:44 AM
If you're a salaryman (corporate businessman) working or visiting in Japan's capital, chances are that you have spent an evening under the train tracks at Yurakucho Station. There you find numerous izakaya's, small, traditional Japanese eating places and casual drinking places. After work, a number of businessmen are seen here drinking and socializing with their friends or co-workers over popular dishes such as yakitori.This painting depicts an early evening scene around Yurakucho Station. The area is getting crowded with businessmen who have just come out of nearby office buildings. Are they heading home or are they here for chotto ippai (a [...]
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