Hydrangea Fun

Hydrangea Fun
6 x 6
Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello


Today is my first day back in the studio in 2012. I actually haven't started painting yet, plan to do that tonight. Spent a few hours going thru about 10 photo albums from past trips to Italy looking for references for a new series for 2012 " Enchanting Italy".  It's hard to choose, but came up with about 30 of my favorites for inspiration as a starting point.  Mostly images of Tuscany and Lake Como. They are currently all laid out on the floor so I can see how they look and feel together.  Later I'll put them in a smaller album so they are all in one place, ready to find as I work thru this series over the next few months.  I like working in a series this way- I have a group of related subject matter to work from to stay focused but on any given day I still can choose from among the "finalists"  to do what I feel in the mood to work on that particular day.

In the meantime,  I posted one of my hydrangea studies from before the holiday" break".

New paintings of Italy coming soon.  Now back to the studio.