Category Archives: Sicily
Churches in the Landscape
It is no real surprise that Churches offer the painter a great subject, often as the focal point of a painting.
Looking through some of my watercolours of the past few years there are many with Churches featured in them. The beautiful architecture of Churches and their often prominent locations provides an exciting subject for me in many paintings.
Some of these are painted as they may have been in the past, to help illustrate family history events , whilst others just bring the subject together in a pleasing way (to me anyway!).
I have gathered together in this large post some from my archives of painting from various locations around Europe.
I hope you enjoy seeing them, I am sure many will have visited them on their own holidays.
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- St Anne’s Church in Belfast. As it was in 1869. St Anne’s Cathedral now occupies this site.
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- The Domes of St Basilio on San Remo, Italy
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- Saint Peter’s Basilica, in Rome.
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- San Georgio Church in Venice
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- The Abbey, Saint Tropez in Provence
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- Santuario della Madonna della Rocca in Castelmola, Sicily
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- Santa Maria della Salute, Venice.
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- Notre Dame Church in Mons, Provence.
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- Notre Dame Church in Moustiers St Marie, in Provence
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- The 12th century Notre Dame Church in Moustiers St Marie, in Provence
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- St Margaret’s, Barming, Kent in Winter
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- Detling Church in Kent. As it was in 1809.
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- Poppies surrounding St Margaret’s Church, Barming
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- Church towers in Oia, Santorini
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- La Chapelle des Penitents-Noir in Menton, Cote d’Azur
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- St Mary and All Saints Church, Kent
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- Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste rises over Fayence in Provence
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- Minster Abbey,Isle of Sheppey in Kent. In the winter of 1911.
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- La Collegiate Church of Saint Paul de Vence in The Cote D’Azur
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- The Church of St Thomas’ a Becket at Fairfield, Romney Marsh.
Watercolours of Boats
It has always been fun to paint pictures with boats in them. I have blogged some of these before but here are some new ones painted during this summer as well.
Sadly the fishing boat on Littlestone beach was burned out and destroyed in 2009 , it was a lovely fishing boat.
I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did in painting them.
Happy travels!
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- Fishing boat in Sardinia
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- Wrecked boat on Bunbeg sands,Donegal
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- Boats on the beach at Monte Cofano, Sicily
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- The harbour at St Tropez.
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- Fishing boat at Littlestone beach
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- Cefalu in Sicily
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- Barges racing in the Thames Estuary
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- Gondolas in Venice
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- The harbour at Cannes
Sicily May 2012
Well here I am in beautiful Sicily for a few days enjoying the late spring sunshine
Staying at Taormina we have been travelling around some fairly local places and it has given me the chance to paint a few quick watercolours of this beautiful coast line round Mount Etna.
These will serve as a reminder , together with the photos for some better painting once home.
More to come I hope but here are some painted over the past few days
Not only is the scenery great but the very friendly people serve up great food and terrific local wine!
I hope they either encourage you to visit there or relive happy memories.
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- Taormina
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- Boats near Taormina
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- The Church at Castelmola
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- Mount Etna and the coast from Taormina
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- Cefalu, Sicily from the West
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- Cefalu, Sicily
