Biscupia

Oil on linen 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 )
$ 200

made 27th August

My grapes

oil on canvas 6 x 8" ( 15 x 20 cm )
$ 150

made 27th August

Supermarket grapes

Oil on canvas 6 x 8" ( 15 x 20 cm )
$ 150

made 25 August

Fittings planks

Oil on canvas 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )

$ 200

made 25th August

while painting the workers were bending precisly wooden plank with hand held torche , to replace the old one's and give a new life to this fishing boat. An old art rarely practiced and quickly disappearing.

Nerezinesquare twighlight

oil on canvas 12 x 16" ( 30 x 40 cm )
$ 300

made 23rd August






This is the wiew from the front porch of my house

The sauce makers

oil on Linen 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )
$ 200

made 21 August





Another very hot day kept me inside. These wood implements are a survival tool!!

Shipyard

oil on canvas 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )

$ 200

made 15th August

Vase

Oil on canvas panel 6 x 8" (15 x 20 cm )
$ 150

made 18th August





too hot to paint in plain air, i put a vase and glass by a window light

Nerezine Castle

oil on canvas 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )
$ 200

made 17th August




After a 40 minutes walk in a hot afternoon I found this castle .
built after the Lepanto naval battle by Colane Drasia. A captain from Ossero that distinguished himself in the battle and was reawarded by the Republic of Venice with land and property in the islands of Cres (Cherso) and Maly Losinj(Lussino).
It was very hot. I got sting by a bee. Never sow a soul for the all time it took me to paint .

Nerezine Fanal

Oil on canvas pad 6 x 8" ( 15 x 20 cm )

$ 100

made 14th August

I did this oil from a previous day pencil sketch and memory.

Nerezine bellfry

Oil on canvas 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )

$ 200

made 13th Augusr





A Francescan Cloister is one of my favorites spot.

Nerezine shipyard

Oil on canvas 9 x 12"( 23 X 30 cm )
$ 200

Made 12 August





One fishing boat is getting a new life thanks to the skilled yard workers

Sansego, Mali Losinj, Croatia

Oil on canvas 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )
$ 200

made 5th August





This shallow water beach extend almost 1/4 of a mile, overlooked by the charming village of Sansego, famous for his wineyards.

SOLD Cres( Cherso) Bay, Croatia SOLD

Oil on canvas panel 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm )

PRIVATE COLLECTION
IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETT

made 4th August


A wiew of Cres from the above road with Istria looming in the background. My wife left me on the road and came to pick me up after 4 hours.

Nerezine Harbor Sunset

Oil on canvas panel 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm)
$ 200

made August 1st

Trieste, Italy City Hall

Oil on linen 9 x 12" ( 23 x 30 cm)
$ 200
made July 8th





On my way to Neresine Croatia I stopped one day in Trieste Italy, set my guerilla box in Piazza dell'Unita' in late afternoon and decided to paint the City Hall. The all square is delimitated by very solemn building, bathed by a worm light .

Leiden, drawbridge

Oil on canvas 9x12" ( 23 x 30 cm)

$ 200

made on July 6th

On my last outing with Alberto we did not start to paint till 1800 and I finished about 2100. Leiden presented me a magical display of a drawbridge and Cathedral under a cloudy sky. Thank you Alberto

Dordrecht Canal the Netherlands

Oil on canvas 9 x 12" (23 x 31 cm)
$ 200

made on July 5th




The Highlight of my vacation was the first stop over in Amsterdam, where I was a guest of my good friend Alberto Valentini, who introduced me to various Dutch Artists who made me feel welcome, in the fantastic surrounding of Dordrecht a magnificent and painterly city. Thank you very much for your courtesy, may the Art Spirit guide your brushstrokes. Without Alberto help , who drove me around the Netherlands and patiently waited for me to finish my oils, these oils would never exist!
Alberto t h a n k y o u

Vacation

To all my followers, visitors, patrons and friends.
Please note that i won't be able to post on my blog from now till September 1oth as I am about ready to leave for a long vacation in Europe. In a positive side note that I will be carrying with me my pochade box with a lot of Oil colors, so i should have planty of posts to submit upon my return .
For all of You I wish a healthy and happy summer, thanking you all for your support that has helped me in numerous way , sincerly
Mariano

Costa Rica

Oil om linen panel 8x10" (20x25cm)

$150