Off to Sicily Again
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!!
Autumn Crocuses at Art Toscana
Driving up the lane this week I have been admiring the autumn crocuses again. There are lots of them this year. I have always called them autumn crocuses, but a guest on one of our painting holidays in Italy recently informed me that their proper name is Sternbergia lutea. They look like large crocuses and
Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy
What a beautiful bird which Chris and I spotted on our walk in Loppia, a little town not far from Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy. At first we thought it was a large heron, but it was too big, and then we thought maybe a stork. No you don’t get storks in this part
Georgie at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
Here he is again giving one of our guests a head massage at Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy love him. Who couldn’t. He is everyones friend!
Loading Up the Donkeys at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
This photo could have been taken more than 50 years ago, maybe even 100 years ago but the t shirt gives it away. Yes, the photo was taken a few days ago; Giovane loading up the donkeys, not far from Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. The donkeys seemed happy enough carry theose heavy loads.
Georgie is 2 at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
Georgie our 2 year old Golden Retriever celebrated his birthday last week, at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy, with a meat birthday cake which he eat in two seconds flat. His birthday wish, as he blew out the candle, was another cake with more meat and less candle. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting
Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
Our trips to Burano are just fabulous. We take the traghetto from Piazza San Marco to Burano across the Venice Lagoon to paint these multicoloured houses. It is a wonderful experience for our artists.
Art Toscana Art Vacation In Italy
Here is our personal little bridge and canal outside out accommodation in Venice at Art Toscana Art Vacation in Italy. Our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy had a wonderful time as did we!!
Art Toscana Painting Retreat in Italy
Another wonderful Art Toscana Painting Retreat in Venice 2026. Thank you all of our Venice guests for making the time so enjoyable and fun!!
VENICE April 2026 at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. We were in Venice for two weeks woth our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy guests and had a most wonderful and beautiful time. Here they are in the studio of the convent where we stay.