Cluster of Rural Houses in the Nole Countryside, Italy is another oil painting done in Italy by looking out from the kitchen balcony doors. I was intrigued by those countryside houses surrounded by fields and trees. It was a dull day.
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| 156. Cluster of Rural Houses in the Nole Countryside, Italy Oil on board 5.98 x 9.76 in / 15.2 x 24.8 23rd January 2026 |
View of Nole's bell tower and Valli di Lanzo, Italy is an oil painting created during my stay at my family's in Italy.
It is what you can see from the kitchen window on the first floor, a beautiful view of the mountain range and the rooftops of houses and bell tower of the little town.
The sunny day offered a clear and lit effect of colours, light and shade.
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| 155. View of Nole's Bell Tower and Valli di Lanzo, Italy Oil on board 4.88 x 6.97 in / 12.4 x 17.7 cm 21st January 2026 |
For this painting I used water mixable oil colours in a limited palette.
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| Painting location at the window (sorry the mess) |
Countryside Path, Corona Verde Stura Nole, Italy is an oil painting resulting from some previous sketches. It features a familiar place in Italy where my dog and I used to walk every day.
I’m particularly fond of the gentle, soft quality of the land beneath the lively sky.
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| 150. Countryside Path, Corona Verde Stura Nole, Italy Oil on board 8.03 × 9.92 in / 20.4 × 25.2 cm 31st December 2025 |
These are oil sketches on paper that I made to create a new painting.
They feature a field in Corona Verde Stura Nole, Italy where I used to walk with my dog when we lived there.
I tried to simplify the scene, by focusing on blocks of colours put next to each other instead of the individual elements in the painting.
