by Clare Bowen | Jan 24, 2020 | Seascape, Venice
‘Moon rising, San Giorgio Maggiore’ 12×24″ ‘Afternoon Light, Santa Maria Della Salute’ 11×22″ Studio pieces scaling up from small plein air paintings. Fun format and interesting looking at...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 15, 2020 | Accademia Bridge, Seascape, Venice
I started this painting on the last day of my Venice trip in September 2019. It was the afternoon and hot and sunny. Very crowded which restricted the spot I could stand on the Accademia Bridge. I decided to go for it with a big board 12×16″ and in...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 27, 2019 | Artist Life, Seascape, Venice
I have never done an art society demo before this one…. at Leatherhead Art Club. The brief was to scale up a small plein air and describe my process. I was really anxious before as I didn’t know if I could speak and paint at the same time! It’s...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 7, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Sunrise, Venice
Some small sketches from my trip, that I did over the 3 week period just not posted on here. All featuring Maria Della Salute. Such a great shaped building!
by Clare Bowen | Oct 6, 2019 | Seascape, Sunrise, Venice
A sunrise impression from the Accademia Bridge. I know this subject well and enjoy painting a fast sunrise of colours. I have just finished it with a few tweaks in the the studio…
by Clare Bowen | Oct 6, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Venice
I started this painting on the first week. I brought it home and I couldn’t stand it. Had to turn it to the wall! A friend staying int he house we shared called Emma liked it and kept turning it back around! Because of her belief in it I thought Id try and...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 3, 2019 | Artist Life, Boats, Oil Painting, Seascape, Studio, Sunrise, Venice
It’s like unwrapping old friends once back in the studio seeing all my paintings again and in such better light than the house we had in Venice. Felt quite excited seeing them all as a group. Several unfinished but wont take long to get them done.. Extras I...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 3, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Sky, Venice
My last paint in Venice. I really like this spot as it’s not too far from Maria Della Salute (dome building) and you get action of the gondolas in the foreground. Plus afternoon sparkle and sunset colours. Artists heaven! Felt exhausted and had been really...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 2, 2019 | Boats, Buildings, Cityscape, Seascape, Venice
It was raining so I sheltered under the fish market building – see painting below. I enjoyed it a lot so decided to do a couple more! Then I started to see all the wonderful facades around the city. Will do more next time! From the Fish Market Next to...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 1, 2019 | Boats, Cityscape, Venice
Barnaba Canal, the square next to where we are staying. It has such a nice atmosphere with locals sitting drinking their Aperol spritz & tourists eating ice cream (including me!) This was painted before the tourists and all the workers crossed the bridge on their...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 1, 2019 | Boats, Grand Canal, Seascape, Venice
I had started this soon after arriving in Venice, but a thundery rain storm stopped the paint, but luckily I was able to go back near the end of trip as it was a similar weather day!
by Clare Bowen | Sep 30, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Sky, Venice
Late afternoon when the sun is travelling between San Giorgio Maggiore and Maria Della Salute. I wanted to put interesting marks and different colour variations in the water and sky. The silhouette of buildings are fab, although it took some working out of composition...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 30, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Sunset, Venice
Zooming in to the Maria Della Salute instead of doing the big skyline so tempting to get everything in which is tricky when is such a wide spread of landmarks. This one was before and the sun a little higher.
by Clare Bowen | Sep 23, 2019 | Cityscape, Sunrise, Venice
Such a tough subject! I went big too 12×16″ 🙂 It was early morning and the sun was behind the building, so the tones were close together and colours similar.I looked for the warm and cools and made sure the drawing was correct and the skyline details which...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 22, 2019 | Accademia Bridge, Boats, Seascape, Sunrise, Venice
From Accademia Bridge at 9am. My biggest board so far on this location 11×14″ Really simplified the colours and shapes but put in enough so they weren’t too blocky. I liked the bit of light hitting the left buildings, gives a pop of colour.
