Tag: rocks

February 2021.











The Ligurian coastline is possibly the most iconic in Italy. In addition to being extremely scenic and beautiful in its own right, the coast of the Cinque Terre is home to some incredible geology, the sharp jagged rocks are characteristic of this coast.





This is my painting of the rocks at Riomaggiore. 





  • Rocks, Riomaggiore. 40cm x 50cm. Oil on panel.
Many writers and poets have stayed along the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia. Riomaggiore, the first village of the Cinque Terre was an accessable and important place in the painting world in the 19th century. Riomaggiore inspired the Florentine painter Telemaco Signorini.

Sea and alleyways, light and shadow. The dark and narrow streets, the lashes of the sun  between the rooftops, the melancholy of the steep stairways, the quiet small piazzas, the bright colourful houses. Riomaggiore has it all.  It was thanks to these characteristics that Riomaggiore ended up playing a fundamental role in defining the Macchiaioli school.





Below is the view he painted of the harbour during the end of the 19th century. 





  • Telemaco Signorini, Riomaggiore (1892-1894)










  • Gwen, 4cm x 45cm, oil on panel.





                             My studio companion, Gwen.

			

			
				


	
	






	
	

		
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Scogliera a Maralunga, 30cm x 40cm, oil on linen
Scogliera a Maralunga, 40cm x 50cm, oil on linen


This painting was painted during the summer 2014 at the sea we often go to in Italy. The sea can be reached from the rocky coast that surrounds most of Liguria, this area is called Maralunga, it is a small peninsula in the Mediterranean among many others near the port of La Spezia.