Tulips in Lampshade Light

 Tulips in Lampshade Light is an oil painting featuring a bunch of tulips in a glass vase next to a blue lamp with the light on.


I loved the idea of using electric light to create nice colour and light effects. Painted alla prima and from life.


Tulips in Lampshade Light is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
168.
Tulips in Lampshade Light
Oil on board
8.3 x 6.1 in / 21 x 15.5 cm
16th March 2026


Photo taken at the end of the painting session showing the painting on the easel in front of the subject
Photo taken at the end of the painting session


Tulips in the Gloomy Light

 Tulips in the Gloomy Light is painted from life during a dull day. It is the interior of my living room and the subject are actually the tulips in the vase as they bring colour to the scene.


I tried to simplify and say enough. Painted alla prima and from life.  


Tulips in the Gloomy Light is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
167.
Tulips in the Gloomy Light
Oil on board
9.8 x 7.9 in / 24.8 x 19.7 cm
14th March 2026


Photo of the finished painting on the easel
Photo of the finished painting on the easel


Daffodils in the Garden Pot

 Daffodils in the Garden Pot is an oil painting done from life and alla prima.

My focus was capturing the Spring flowers in a simplified way.


Daffodils in the Garden Pot is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
166.
Daffodils in the Garden Pot
Oil on board
9.8 x 7.8 in / 25 x 19.8 cm
9th March 2026



Photo of the painting on the easel and its subject
Photo of the painting on the easel and its subject


Spring Is Coming

 Spring Is Coming is an oil painting capturing the freedom of some daffodils out in the garden.

I really wanted to capture their bright glow against the shaded cement and bric fence and the foliage.


Painted alla prima and from life.


Spring is Coming is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
165.
Spring is Coming
Oil on board
8 x 7.8 in / 20.2 x 19.9
4th March 2026



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Photo taken at the end of the painting session when the light had already moved
Photo taken at the end of the painting session when the light had already moved


Prayer Plant in the Sunshine

 Prayer Plant in the Sunshine is an oil painting featuring the Maranta Leuconeura Erythroneura plant lit by the sunshine coming from the window behind. 

Painted from life.

I loved the glow all around the plant and the table surface.


Prayer Plant in the Sunshine is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
164.
Prayer Plant in the Sunshine
Oil on board
9.8 x 9.8 in / 25 x 25 cm
1st March 2026




Photo of the finished painting next to the plant
Photo of the finished painting next to the plant

Prayer Plant on a Dull Day

 Prayer Plant on a Dull Day is an oil painting featuring my dear plant, a Maranta Leuconeura Erythroneura — was given to us as a thank-you present from our neighbours.

Thanks to this painting I discovered its characteristic: during the day the leaves lie open and flat, quietly catching the light. At night they fold upwards, as if in prayer for evening vespers — which is how it earned its common name: the Prayer Plant.

I painted this from life on a dull day when very little light was coming through the window, so I focused as much as possible on colour and texture to suggest movement and depth.


Prayer Plant on a Dull Day is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
163.
Prayer Plant on a Dull Day
Oil on board
10 x 10.7 in / 25.5 x 27.1 cm
27th February 2026


Photo taken at the end of the painting session
Photo taken at the end of the painting session


Sunset From the Harbour

 Sunset From the Harbour is my first large oil painting on canvas.

It depicts the same seascape of the small version but with more freedom and flow.

I really enjoyed painting it, it was a liberating experience in terms of brush and colour marks.


Sunset From the Harbour  is an oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
162.
Sunset From the Harbour
Oil on stretched canvas
23.6 x 31.5 in / 60 x 80 cm
19th February 2026


Sea Sunset

 Sea Sunset is an oil painting I painted from previous studies on paper.

It features the sea view I saw when travelling by ferry in the English channel.

 

Sea Sunset, oil painting by Valentina Teghillo
161.
Sea Sunset
Oil on board
8.3 x 11.9 in / 21 x 30.2 cm
14th February 2026

I liked those sunset colours reflecting both in the sky and the water, it is something you can experience only by being there.

A Sunny Day, Ystradfawr Nature Reserve