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The Liquidambar Tree

This is the Liquidambar Styraciflua which is spectacular in Autumn turning red, orange, purple and yellow. It was planted 20 years ago when we ran our first Art Toscana Painting Courses in Italy and now it is enormous as you can see. In summer, it is majestic with glossy, deep green, star-shaped leaves, often appearing

The Mountain Suddenly Appears

Nov 15, 2025Krysia Bulewska-BellBlogArt course painting holidays in Tuscany, art retreat in Italy, Art retreat in Tuscany, Art-Toscana, learn to paint in Tuscany, painting in Toscana, Painting retreat in Italy. Painting lessons in Italy

When I take the dog for a walk on Sunday mornings through the woods from Catagnana to Barga suddenly through a gap in the trees, there they are, the Apuan Alps stoically making their statement of beauty and wonder. Beauty and wonder is what our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy say when