Art Toscana Painting Vacations in Italy. Bagno Vignoni in Southern Tuscany has an enormous Roman baths in the center of the town as you can see from the picture. It is quite extraordinary and picturesque. When in Southern Tuscany you must go to Bagno Vignoni. From my first visit, it was unforgettable and from my
Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. This is a picture of the San Filippo thermal baths set in the middle of the woods in Southern Tuscany. No, that isn’t water cascading down the hill but calcification from the thermal water or possibly something to do with the sulphur in the hot water springs which bleaches
Art Toscana Art Courses in Italy. This is a view of Pienza as we drove up to it last weekend. It’s a most beautiful town with the most spectacular views across the rolling Tuscan hills.
Art Toscana Painting Holiday in Italy – This is beautiful Southern Tuscany where the Brunello wines come from. Certainly you couldn’t mistake the picture for anywhere else but Southern Tuscany with all of those cypress trees.
Art Toscana Painting Vacations in Italy – Yes, the first camelia appeared this weekend when the sun came out after endless rain. As long as we don’t have too many strong winds, the camelia bush will be covered in blooms by March and then we know that Spring is truly here.
Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy – The banks in the garden, at Art Toscana art holidays in Italy, are covered in crocuses.
Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy – The winter garden at Val di Pozza is always so lovely with the little yellow stars of the winter jasmine which has only just finished, the red berries of the holly tree, and the multicoloured pinks of the heather hedge that borders the front flower banks.
Art Toscana Painting Vacations – we are here in the chapel at San Pellegrino again. I have visited it so many times, and every time, I find something new to marvel at. This time it was the chandeliers; elaborate chandeliers in such a simple setting!! –
Art Toscana Art Courses in Italy – The Chapel at San Pellegrino where the dead saints reside is very beautiful in its simplicity. Here are the organ pipes at the far end of the chapel. Usually they would be surrounded with elaborate decorations which detract from the pattern of the pipes.
Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy – Here they are again; San Pellegrino with his travelling companion San Bianco. You can just about make out their faces; skeletal of course having resided in that encasement for 1300 years. San Pellegrino died in 643AD. They say, he was related to the King of Scotland.