Montalcino Sketches
Here are a few of the sketches from our trip to Castiglione del Bosco.
View from La Befa. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
Graveyard at La Pieve. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
Cypresses at Quinciano. 15 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Two views of La Piana. 30 x 20 cm, and 35 x 25 cm, oil on panel.
La Badia Ardenga and Montalcino. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
View from La Piana. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Montalcino from Bibbiano. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
Construction at Bibbiano. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Bibbiano Scalo. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
There are also a couple of larger plein air pieces which I’ll post when I’ve finished them.
these are beautiful. each one…
great color and brushwork !
these paintings carry such powerful images of life and an energy beyond comprehension. stunning work Marc!
Hi Marc,
I just found you blogg. I love your work mate! Big time!
I wish you all the best!
Greatings from Sweden
Eckhardt
beautiful work
last one is magical
The graveyard!! The graveyard!!!
very nice.
Marc, stunning as usual.
Stunning plein air works indeed, thanks for sharing Marc.
Glad to see some new paintings
Marc, I love these! I wish I could see these for real. beautiful.
They are wonderful Marc! I enjoy the color and brush work in these. Always an inspiration.
Hi Marc!
I googled blogs about Italy and found your blog. Really beautiful paintings,all the colours and landscapes. I study art history for the first year and love Italy. I’m thinking to start study italian next fall. Maybe I travel to Italy some day, I hope. Until then, I enjoy your paintings.
Have a nice summer!
- Henna from Finland -
Marc,
I just came by to take a second look at this year’s group of Montalcino paintings.
Stunning, as always, but this group is exceptional for the way they leap off my screen and draw me in.
I am particularly taken with the difference between the paintings of Scalo Bibbiano, this year and last. I know it rained last year and you said the weather was perfect this year; but side by side they illustrate your ability to communicate content that goes far beyond time and place.
My second look at “Graveyard” knocked me out when the scale of the painting hit me. I see an entire world there on a tiny panel. The precision of the brush work is astonishing and inspiring.
A bountiful crop this year … Bravo!
Marc, Beautiful work, honest and so well observed. It’s a treat to view your work. Jim
I really love your work, Mark. You make it look so easy. I can’t put my finger on what about it feels so utterly sublime to me, and that’s probably a good thing. Thanks for the ongoing inspiration.
Thank you for sharing your work with us. I’m normally very unimpressed with landscape paintings, but yours carry so much energy and vibrance.