During my last trip to Italy, I took a lot of photos in hopes that when I got home (and had time) I would have time to turn them into paintings. This is one I took in Sersale. I love the arched doorways and the light coming from within on this one really caught my eye. I really liked the shadows and the way the red paint in the distant wall and of the letters in the arch accented the whole thing nicely. As I painted the letters, I tried to figure out what they signified. I really couldn’t imagine what word that was, it wasn’t VICOLO or USCITA. My husband took one look and declared, “That’s GABINETTO.”   and there it is, a beautiful painting of the entrance to a Gabinetto. or actually, a toilet, in old fashioned Italian.

Pulcinella, like most sports fans, loves the Giro d’Italia.  What he can’t understand is why no one is sponsoring him for their team. He clearly has a nice bike and he’s ready to ride. This is my second in a series of Pulcinella paintings, it’s 7.5″ x 11″

The immortal city of Napoli has her own clown, Pulcinella. Pulcinella represents the spirit of this amazing city, and his image can be seen everywhere both as offerings for tourists and as decorations by natives. The first gift I was given in Naples (the English word for Napoli) was a little Pulcinella figurine. Napoli is also famous for its figurines, their nativity scenes made of clay, plastic or plaster are sought around the world. But back to Pulcinella. Pulcinella represents the theater of absurdity. Here is my first attempt to capture Pulcinella on a bicyle.