A Day in the Orcia Valley
1 08 2006I thought I’d celebrate my new blog home (on my own domain! Yeah!) by posting a painting I just finished this morning. I took a break from painting the waters of Lake Como to do another painting of the Orcia Valley (otherwise known as the Val d’Orcia.) This painting measures 30×40″. It is done on a gallery wrapped canvas, painted out to the edges on all sides:
On this particular day I tortured my husband by making him drive all over the Val d’Orcia (or so it seemed) before lunchtime to find views of the white roads lined with cypress trees. I had a thing for these winding roads and cypresses, which I think make marvelous compositional elements in my landscape paintings.
More paintings of Italy can be seen on my website here.
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Beautiful! I believe I’ve been to that very spot!
Dave,
Thanks for your comment! I imagine you know the area very well
-Jennifer
Nice blog. I can learn alot and enjoy your paintings at the same time. Wonderful and nice to see Europe. Home sweet home.
Hi Gordon,
Thanks so much for the nice comments about my blog. I checked out your blog as well and enjoyed your writing and artistry. Hey, what kind of easel is that in the pictures of your studio setup? I’m looking for an easel with the palette in front like the one shown in your picture.
Take care and keep up the great painting!
-Jennifer
Jennifer,
Well the easel is from ASW, about $100, but the the palette is custom made by me. We use a palette like this on all the studio set-ups at Christian Kolupski’s place. Great idea. It is 1/4″ hardboard or glass palette captured in a wood frame. Then clamped with toggle bolts or turn knobs and made in such a way so you can slide it up and down. Also needed is an additional top piece that holds the canvas, turned upside down to hold the bottom of the canvas. Now you have full adjustability. Perhaps I should create an article showing the steps to make one. Also would you consider a reciprocal link. I find these help traffic at the blog ever so much.
Well I hope this helped some.
Gordon van Vliet
Gordon,
I am happy to get the info. Alas, sad to see that I can’t buy the nifty palette ready made. I am not that handy with self-made equipment. Then again, if you post instructions on how to do it yourself (I think a great idea for your blog!), perhaps I’ll find it a viable option after all. The attached, adjustable palette in front of the easel is exactly what I’m looking for. It’s more like the plein air setup, and far better than having to lean over to the side for my palette on a nearby table. Plus, it’s getting hard on the back and hips!
As to the link exchange, I am most happy to reciprocate with relevant links on my blog. I will add yours to my sidebar some time today.
Best,
Jennifer