Le Scale Curve - I

martedì, 25 febbraio 2025

I had the honor of selling my first print of Le Scale Curve - I this past week. If it is one thing that I have learned over the past year, it's that one cannot judge their own art. I created this piece in the Spring of 2024, when I was still using the Winsor & Newton colors out of my paintbox.

It was Spring, and I wanted to capture the curves and stairways of my little village, Pari, in the heart of Toscana. Even in early Spring, everything was full of a vibrant beauty and the sky was a beautiful blue. As I was painting this piece, I attempted to capture the texture of the buildings with the paints, along with the vibrancy of the green door.

I also wanted to capture the "layered" feeling of the buildings along the roadway as one looked back towards the restaurant, Le Due Cecche. All in all I was pleased with how this piece turned out, even though I have long since shifted to using the metal-nib dip pen and india ink for my line work (instead of the sepia Micron pens), and the Maimeri watercolors, which provide for greater transparency.

Prints for this piece are available here.

Yours in inspiration,
Michael Weaver