Here, quickly, are a few of the sketches from my trip to lake Como this week. We stayed above Varenna at the beautiful Castle di Vezio (if anyone is looking for an exceedingly picturesque agritursimo around the lake).
View of Bellagio. Oil on panel, 20 x 30 cm.
Monte di Tremezzo. Oil on panel, 25 x 35 cm.
Ben Fenske and I had a painting competition for the view above. We bet our cars and I thrashed him. Too bad I wouldn’t know what to do with a purple Opel station wagon. (To be fair, the last time we had a paint-off he won by a mile).
The Ferry Landing at Varenna. Oil on panel, 20 x 30 cm.
Varenna from the Port. Oil on canvas, 18 x 25 cm.