Daily Painting

Rio del Malcanton

13cm x 19cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Sunday, 13 November 2016 · Paintings of Venice

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

15 comments

Pat White

This painting made me exclaim out loud! I think I remember being in this place, and I think the painting is fantastic. Quit flogging yourself. It looks better without the orange sky:-)

DonaS

I particularly love your Venetian paintings. I particularly love your landscape paintings. I guess I just particularly LOVE your paintings! This is wonderful.
And I am crazy about the Venetian still life paintings, with Pomegranates, with pears, with grapes and the beautiful one with clementines on that good edged chest!!! Gorgeous!

barbara yeagle

In spite of your difficulties you produced a lovely painting. Reminds me of Sargent's wonderful depictions of Venice.

ellen

why are you whinging? that's a lovely picture. Nice to be brighter than your previous oeuvre.

LOuis

Oui comme le dit Caroline, la lumière de Venise est exceptionnelle et c'est des moments de petits miracles ...Bravo au talentueux Julian.

Fred

Hi Julian

Frustrated - Disappointed, we have all been there
Just as you've packed up to leave the light changes - if only I had waited .... all those old buildings and water reflections
I am learning as much from your comments as your paintings Thankyou

Jc Eriksen

You can see from the comments that you need not fret. You catch the essence of the places in the landscapes and articles in your still lif pieces. You ride in the forefront of your craft.
Just think of the joy the tourists got from seeing you at work. It's a fine piece of work.

Liz Graham-Yooll

Oh, poor you! I find it very hard to cope with that one. An old man I knew, who was a very good artist, used to keep a couple of joke eyes handy, which he would stick onto his eyelids then smile wildly at tourists who would then flee ... all would be quiet after that :) Anyway, you managed to get a very nice painting there, despite all

Painter’s notes

A last painting from Venice. I was so frustrated and disappointed after this painting, having started late in the afternoon and having chosen what had seemed a very quiet spot to paint. Neither turned out to be true, it got dark as soon as I started and I appeared to be like a flame to the (tourist)moths so that I spent an hour in the descending gloom with the constant clicking of cameras in my ear! It was halloween, so I finally packed up and set off to meet the be-costumed Louis. The moment I left the sky turned orange... I'm sure there is a moral there somewhere!

Julian Merrow-Smith ·