I love this painting; the colours and the birds soaring so calmly. It is one of those paintings that you connect with immediately. Several of our guests at Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy felt the same. It is lovely. I might use it as a screen save so that I can look at it
In October when we go to Sicily to run our Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy we load up both of our cars and drive to Livorno to meet the overnight ferry to Palermo. It always feel exciting as we leave to port, passing the cargo on the quayside and watching the containers being loaded
This isn’t the first blog where I have raved about Sicily, particular here at the Salt Marshes called La Saline. It’s delectable and my heart sinks when I have to leave. The contrast of sapphire blue or torquoise,or indigo sea against pink hills is seductive. And then the sky seems so big. Why would the
You may well think why a picture of Arnica Extra Forte Cream? It’s because it is a miracle cure used for soothing aches, healing grazes, preventing bruises and much more. Every year I tell myself, “don’t give it away”, but how can you not, when one of your guests on an Art Toscana Art Holiday
Sylvester was at The Petruso last year and like this year, I fed him every day. I like to think he recognised me, but probably not, although he did settle into our apartment almost immediately. So maybe there was a slight recognition, or was it just the smell of the cat food tin being opened.
Chris caught this sunset just in time at it’s peak of redness. Wow! Even the Australians who are used to magnificent sunsets were impressed with this one. It’s the sun going down behind the hills looking over the Golfo del Castelammare where we were last week painting with our guests at Art Toscana Art Holidays
This is a rather blurred picture of the Trapani skyline seen from the salt marches in Sicily where we were painting with our Art Toscana students. It happened to be the same three masted schooner we had once seen in Viareggio some months previously when Chris and I were relaxing in between our May and
The newly extended and renovated swimming pool at The Petruso in Sicily has now been extended for some serious swimming. The play areas have been retained with jacuzzi and little tables for resting your cocktail. Not that the pool wasn’t fabulous before, surrounded by palm trees and the backdrop of deep blue sea and pink
Terracotta pots, pink stucco rendering and a pan-tiled roof; unmistakably Italian. Having lived in Italy for 20 years, our eyes are so used to these beautiful features of Italian architecture that it is good to be reminded how lovely they are when looking at an image like this one. Our guests at Art Toscana Art
The view from our little cabin on the ferry travelling from Livorno to Palermo for the start of our Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy. Always so exciting even though we have been doing this every year since 2012!!