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| Charles Bridge, shapes, Prague. |
Rome. Venice. Prague. Three very different cities I recently visited with my mother. At the risk of sounding achingly cliche, I was overcome with an abundance of inspiration for my artwork.
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| Colusseum, shapes, Rome. |
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| John Lennon Wall, texture, Prague. |
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| Room of Maps, color, composition, layers, Vatican City. |
I break down the visual inspiration taken from these photos into three categories: Texture, color, composition.
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| Under the Charles Bridge, shapes, Prague. |
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| Texture, light, Rome. |
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| Saturated life, Rome. |
The colors in Italy are the colors I live in. The ochre, burnt umber, saturated hues.
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| Composition, colors, saturated life, Venice. |
The gothic edges to Prague capture a layer of my disposition. Like dark, lacy lines overlaid on other images.
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| Texture, shapes, Prague. |
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| Texture, composition, gothic edges to life, Prague. |
And everywhere, the textures. And everywhere, watching the bursts caused by the sunlight.
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| Light, texture, Venice. |
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| Texture, color, Rome. |
What you can't capture in these photos (and there is so much I can't capture) is the feeling of travel. The openness it brings to your imagination if you let it. And I try to always let it.
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| Composition, detail from Hall of Maps, Vatican City. |
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| Mood, texture, composition, Old Jewish Cementery, Prague. |
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| Composition, mood, carabinieri, Rome. |
Especially at home. Must be open to your surroundings. Your world, both of the senses and of your emotions.
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| Light, color, Venice. |
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| Color, layers, composition, Rome. |
I will miss being called "bellissima." I felt like my most unrestricted self.
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| Colors, Rome. |
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| Everything. Paul Klee at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. |
I felt bellissima.