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I love cypress trees, roses, patios, arches, gardens...so why not put them all into one painting. I particularly enjoyed the challenges that this perspective presented, but I think I got it right. Not sure if this location really exists anywhere except in my mind, but it is Italian in inspiration and I hope it makes you wonder what is on the other side of that patio where the steps go back down out of view. Maybe a nice refreshing mountain lake.

This has been painted on the flat side of particle board so if you purchase a canvas print, there will be no additional canvas textures fighting with the texture of your canvas print.

It all started in New Jersey ● learned lots of art and music starting at 5 years old ● oil, acrylic, pastel, portraiture, anatomy ● art lessons from the artist who created the 1960s landscape backgrounds for the wildlife taxidermy exhibits at the Museum of Natural History in NYC ● tried to play the flute, marimba and double bass in school orchestra ● got farther with piano ● loved ice skating lessons ● supportive parents ● only child ● almost always had a cat (in order, Mitzi, Kitty, Bernie, Bootsie, Peanut) ● also had two parakeets (Dickie and Katie), a very small super cute Blue Dutch rabbit (Dr. Bunny), goldfish, newts and salamanders (sorry don’t remember names) ● high school honor student with lots of...