Italy
(Pen and Colored Pencils)
In May 2013 I visited Italy for the first time since a short journey in 1960. I did small quick sketches, as I usually do on travels, and photographed the landscape. When I returned home I completed the sketches with colour, and realized that I had fallen in love with Italy. And so I continued to do paintings of this picturesque country for the next two years. It is the first time that I have done serious paintings of a country other than Israel.
BEAUTY IN ITALY
Yes, we knew of Rome,
Florence and Torino and the other cities
of magnificent architecture
the enchantment of Venice
the opulence of San Marco
the romance of Verona
but no one mentioned
medieval villages,
eleventh century churches,
the song of the blackbird
the swoop of the crow
the soar of the eagle
and fat farm cats
the beauty of Nature
that eludes the imagination
until you are in the midst of it
on the mountaintops
with the sheep in summer
only cowbells jangling
the ancient silence
of flowers and trees
and snowcapped mountains
and the little flowers
that grow between stones
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30.5 x 23 cm pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
30.5 x 23 cm. pen and colored pencils $500
20 x 15 cm. pen and colored pencils $280
20 x 15 cm. pen and colored pencils $280
20 x 15 cm. pen and colored pencils $280
20 x 15 cm. pen and colored pencils $280
20 x 15 cm pen and colored pencils $280
20 x 15 cm pen and colored pencils $280
20 x 15 cm pen and colored pencils $280