Serie di Venezia No. 3

“Serie di Venezia No. 3” is the third 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 a very interesting alley in Venice, Italy. The thing I really love about this scene is that there are no people in it, very early in the morning before the Tourist’s invade.

This is painted on a pre-stretched canvas and framed by a custom frame I made. 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, 18x24” 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 Gamvar Satin 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 20”w x 26”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. (6lbs. 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).