My trip to Milan was relaxing, challenging and enjoyable. I managed to finish four paintings, meet with a collector and test my ability to produce work on a tight timeline in a land where I didn’t speak the language. After the jump, some photographs from my journey, you might need an espresso doppio at your fingertips to fully enjoy.
Color can tie together a composition, in this case, a red Vespa is the anchor.
The San Francisco style trolleys run right in the middle of the street, amidst the cars and bikes… danger zone.
So many beautiful courtyards with impressive sculpture in the distance.
Searching for the wisdom he should have had before selecting that sweater.
In Milan, you shop shop shop – here are some shops.
The Duomo, one of the tour-guide must-see experiences in Milan – I didn’t go to the top, considering the 100′s of people already doing it for me.
The top of an interesting building, in various states of dilapidation.
Amazing, if you paint this scene with the buildings in the background in a hazy cornflower blue, it would look put-on; yet, in a photograph, you assume this reality to be true and accept the image.
He wasn’t very happy to see me.
There is something both beautiful and boring about this picture, don’t you think?
Shout to Brooklyn – DUMBO in the house.
Amazingly, this is not the same San Marco cathedral I painted… it just looks very similar.
Forever in a state of rearing, this horse has aspirations and is reaching for the sky.
Low lighting is like crack for my camera, she can’t stop the addiction.
This lamp-post reminded me of a Magritte painting.
Vino, lasagna bolognese, bread, book, low-lighting, the perfect end to a long day of painting.
It was interesting to spend Halloween painting in the streets of Milan. This pumpkin agreed with a sinister smile.
Colonnade in the house, along with a tinkerbell style fairy and a strategically placed leaf (over the junk.) Romanesque sculptures of nude males were definitely made to ease the tension of those suffering from penis envy.
A hip artistic guy walking in front of a sculpture in the courtyard of the academic center in Brera.
He is deliberating whether or not to beat his child for failing to rake the leaves, as he was told to do – for it is fall.
This reminded me of a Paul Ryan painting.
This guy definitely has the “caught me red handed with a corpse” look on his face.
When reality throws together a complementary color display like this, you simply must start snapping.
The side of San Marco Cathedral at night, I love the architectural harmony… also the birds.
Love the old style pin-up tile work, I believe, from the “Art Factory” in Milan.
One last look at San Marco Cathedral… and the last photograph from my trip to Milan. Thank you for taking the journey with me.
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[...] original Guggenheim painting was sold to a collector in Milan. After the jump, the first steps towards a newer, more verbose [...]
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