My New Villa

Here is a picture of the villa I just purchased in Tuscany. It is down the hill from Cortona, but still in a nice part of Tuscany. As you can see my villa has a walkway leading up to it lined with cypress trees. I do think a cypress tree lined walkway is the only way to have one. Probably I will have to remodel my villa and will spend a while doing so and write a best selling novel about the process. I think its a good idea to paint one's dreams when you have a day off to paint, don't you?

Another Blue Door

Just when you thought you had seen all the blue doors of the world, I have found another to paint. This one is in Italy and was inspired by a photo taken by Connie Cox. The door in her photo was actually much smaller then it looks in my painting. I wonder what the door led to. A troll's house? An oven for making foccacia bread? Any other ideas? Anyway, my scan did not really capture the paintings colors too well, but I wanted to hurry up and post the painting, so I can go out to lunch with my artist friend, Libbi.