Monday 24 February 2020


While visiting Venice, we stopped for a drink at the Coffee place inside the Ca' Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art (MUVE website). The terrace area had a view on the Canal. I sketched one of the old buildings on the opposite side.



Saturday 22 February 2020

Murals in Quay Street and Nelson Street in Bristol – UK

Nick Walker’s mural in Quay Street - Bristol (UK)

Mariusz Waras’ mural in Nelson Street, Bristol (UK)

"Clothed With the Sun" (2011) - Mural by El Mac

See the post New EL MAC mural in Bristol, England: "Clothed With the Sun" for more details.

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Some other murals in Bristol



Thursday 20 February 2020

Clock Tower on Piazza San Marco in Venice


The Clock Tower is a Renaissance located on the north side of the Piazza San Marco in Venice. I sketched it while we were queuing to visit the Basilica de San Marco.

Monday 17 February 2020

Boat trip to Venice

Last summer, while we were in Italy, the family took a boat trip from Chioggia to Venice. I did some quick sketches on the way.






Wednesday 12 February 2020

El Greco retrospective exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris – France

Domenico Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco, was born in Crete in 1541. Below are pictures of some works displaid in the El Greco retrospective exhibition (Grand Palais, Paris – France) - 16 October 2019 to 10 February 2020.


Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) [ca. 1600] – Oil on canvas (170.8 x 108cm) by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) 

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (Detail) 

Saint Luc - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

The Adoration of the Shepherds - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 The Annunciation (ca. 1576) - Oil on canvas (117 x 98 cm) by El Greco [Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid] 

Saint Martin and the Beggar - Oil on canvas (original painted surface -99.5 x 55 cm) by El Greco 

Disrobing of Christ - Oil on canvas by El Greco



Chris bearing the cross - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

The Repentant St. Peter - Oil on canvas by El Greco [The Phillips Collection]


The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Cleveland Museum of Art] 

San Francesco riceve le stigmate - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 Portrait of a Gentleman from the Casa de Leiva - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 Le Christ en croix adoré par deux donateurs - Oil on canvas by El Greco

Virgin Mary - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 Saint Joseph - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

Saint Veronica - Oil on canvas by El Greco 


The Repentant Magdalen - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Worcester Art Museum]

The Repentant Magdalen (Detail) - Oil on canvas by El Greco

The Repentant Magdalen (Detail) - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

St. Dominic in Prayer- Oil on canvas by El Greco [Placido Arango Collection, Madrid, Spain]

Holy Family (ca. 1580-85.) - Oil on canvas (106 x 87.5 cm) by El Greco 

St Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix - Oil on canvas by El Greco

Saint Paul - Oil on canvas by El Greco

St Peter and St Paul - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Nationalmuseum Stockholm]

St Peter and St Paul - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya- Barcelona, Spain] 

The Feast in the House of Simon - Oil on canvas by El Greco [The Art Institute of Chicago] 

Jesus expels the merchants from the temple - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 

The Annunciation - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest]

 Nude study for the Baptism of Christ – Drawing by El Greco


The Opening of the Fifth Seal - Oil on canvas by El Greco



Sunday 2 February 2020

Monet paintings at the National Museum Cardiff



Waterlilies, (1905) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet

Waterlilies (1906) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet

Rouen Cathedral: Setting Sun (1892-4) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet

Rouen Cathedral: Setting Sun (Detail)

The Palazzo Dario (1908) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight (1908) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

San Giorgio Maggiore (1908) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

Charing Cross Bridge (1902) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 



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