Category: Inspiration
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Bologna street art
There’s an exhibition of street art entitled Bansky and Co on display in Bologna right now, but that’s not the subject of this blog – more on that later. I couldn’t walk past this whimsical little addition to a peeling wall in the university district of central Bolonga, just across the road from an equally…
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The unacknowledged artist within
g I took this photo in the Castello district of Venice because it resonates. So many people make art, often not even recognising their own artistic sensibility. This is my homage to all those unrealised artists. May you one day recognise, claim and acknowledge your creativity, however it expresses itself.
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Door Art
I came across this charming door decoration on Calle Dietro il Campaniel in the district of Isola Di San Pietro in Venice this morning.
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Velazquez
Standing in front of Las Meninas, the massive work of Baroque Spanish Court painter Velazquez is a humbling and awe inspiring experience. The reproductions of the painting in books did not prepare me for the luminous quality, the complex composition, and the incredible technical skill. The setting of the painting is a large room in the Royal…