Breaking ranks in the corps de ballet.
I took this photo nearly fifty years ago during a rehearsal at Covent Garden, and the negative is as pristine today as it was all those years ago. In response to Cheri inviting us to “find beauty in something broken” for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken.
Siena study I 23.5.15
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Memories of the warm stones of the Piazza del Campo that July evening, after a day spent seeing the glorious treasures of this historic medieval Italian city, come flooding back, and especially that “magnificent sandwich” of Parma ham, cheese and pesto from Antica Pizzicheria.
Venice study I 22.5.15
Painting this watercolour and ink sketch in the studio this afternoon allowed me to re-visit our magical trip to Venice in July 1999, a visit documented in a precious journal that I kept throughout our Italian travels that year.
Over the next few days I think I’ll continue with the Italian theme that I’ve started as it is reviving such happy memories, and re-visit a few more special places together with their associated journal entries. I hope you’ll come with me.
Ciao!
A hill in Umbria II 21.5.15
Tuscany Remembered
Enveloped by darkness these peonies come to life with the magic of light painting.
Manarola, Cinque Terra
No studio time today but instead a painting from a few years back after our visit to magical Cinque Terra on the Italian Riviera. After taking the train to Riomaggiore we walked along the Via dell’ Amore to Manarola where we spent the night. Sitting on the terrace that evening under the awning of the restaurant you can see on the quayside I shall never forget having the best Pasta al Pesto in the world.
Canyon Remembered I 17.5.15
Palette 17.5.15
As these glorious deep purple petals fall away revealing the pistils, styles and stamens that have been enveloped so protectively and majestically in the flowers core, these tulips seem to have taken on a renewed beauty in their final hour.
A wall of canyons and one feather. 15.5.15
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