Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Umbria, Italy - Oil Painting


This is the first oil painting I've done in over 35 years. The subject are fields in Umbria, a region of Italy just east of Tuscany. The strange color of the soil is due to its volcanic origins. I painted it from a photograph that I took along the road.

5 comments:

SuzeesJubileeZ said...

I like the sky and the grey green yellow ground

AltheaP said...

Yay! It's lovely, Martha!

CLKcreative said...

Ah, so now I know where the color "umber" comes from. Beautiful painting!

artbyarlen said...

Yes, this is Tuscany which I dearly love and have painted several pictures from both photos and imagination. You did well.....I get the feeling immediately of where you were. I'd like to see more of Italy!
Art by Arlen.blogspot.com

hmuxo said...

I love this painting Martha. I never see any of your oil paintings..beautifully done. I love the sky as well.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry Davis Thoreau