Lion Water Basin
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
29 x 39cm, 2020
Bacchus (Dionosys)
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
29 x 39cm, 2020
Cherub Fountain
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
29 x 39cm, 2020
Tritan Fountain
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
26 x 36cm, 2020
Path, Sculpture Garden
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
29 x 39cm, 2020
Oceanus Giabologna Boboli (Fountain of Oceanus)
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
29 x 39cm, 2020
Chloris, Old Coffee House
Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Chalk on Paper
29 x 39cm, 2020
Bacchus (Study for Eclipse)
Gouache, Watercolour Pencil, Chalk on Paper
25 x 34cm, 2020
Isolotto’s Basin
Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Chalk on Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
Isolotto’s Basin 2
Gouache, Watercolour/Pencil, Graphite, Chalk on Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
Baucis and Philemon
Gouache, Watercolour/Pencil, Chalk on Paper
26 x 36cm, 2020
Chloris (Demeter)
Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Chalk on Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
Fontana del Carciofo Palazzo Pitti
(Fountain of the Artichoke)
Gouache, Watercolour, Chalk on Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
Isolotto’s Basin
Pencil, Graphite Wash, Chalk, Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
Isolotto’s Basin
Pencil, Graphite Wash, Chalk, Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
White Room, Pitti Palace
Pencil, Graphite Wash, Chalk, Paper
25 x 35cm, 2020
In 2020, I developed a series of twenty-one works on paper, inspired by John Singer Sargent’s watercolors of the early twentieth century, of the Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy. Located in behind the Pitti Palace, it is one of the many Italian gardens invented as escape into “Eden”, and now serves as a quiet retreat from the bustling urban center. Here, Sargent made several on-site watercolour paintings of many fantastical and mythological sculptures that juxtapose foliage, ponds, and architecture.
I painted the Boboli Garden series in my studio from photographs I took during a visit in November 2019. Exploring Sargent’s locations and technical methods, my intent was to visualize other ways of working including mark making. It was also an opportunity to experiment with combining water-based media (gouache and watercolour) and dry media. Three pieces are currently on exhibit at the Rosso Cinabro Gallery in Rome, and the remaining series will be uploaded shortly.
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