Serie di Venezia No. 2

“Serie di Venezia No. 2” is the second painting in a series featuring interesting scenes I have witnessed in my travels to Venice Italy. Building off the style of the No. 1 painting, this scene was one of my favorite vignettes of Italy. If I could just remember exactly where this alleyway is, I would revisit it on every trip. The colors are super rich in that part of the world and recreating them is especially fun. There are tons of mysteries in this painting and it was a wonderful experience painting it.

Another fact about this painting is, just like the first in the series, it is painted over an existing painting I had done 15 years earlier and was one of two that were to be a series of the study of the color Red. They both sat under the bed for years before I dug them out and decided to re-use the canvases. This painting is complete and ready to hang.

Painting Details:

(All materials used are a mix from mid-late 90’s and contemporary replacements)

-Pre-Stretched Canvas, 24x36” and personally prepared with Gesso and an additional original painting “under coat”

-Brushes; Grumbacher Bristle, Flat #2, #3, #4, Round #1, Winsor & Newton -Bristle Filbert #2, Princeton Bristle Flat #2, #3

-Paint; Winsor & Newton Artist Colour, Winsor & Newton Winton and Grumbacher PreTested (back when it was good), 14 different base colors mixed to hue and varying thickness. Liquin and Colbalt dryer agents used to thin paint and speed-up “drying time”

- Final painting was sealed using 2 coats of High Gloss Damar Varnish after three (3) month “drying” time

Custom Frame Details:

Shadow Box style frame made of Red Oak by the Artist exclusively for this painting in 2018.

- Frame dimensions are 26”w x 38”h x 2 1/8”d

- Shadow width ¼” from canvas to frame and the frame edge width is 3/4” wide

- Frame is Stained and Varnished with 2 coats of Dark Ebony Satin finish

- 100lb. rated picture cable (overkill I know…) through stainless steel eye-hooks is used to hang the entire piece. (10lbs. total weight for canvas and frame)

As always, I welcome the opportunity to discuss making a similar Original Commissioned Piece (it will NOT be a copy, but shall have the same feel as the original).