Portholes to my Youth landscape 4″ x 6″ image (8"

4″ x 6″ image (8" x 10" matted and framed behind plexiglass)

Ocean Hues One is the first of a pair of companion paintings

Printers ink on Arches watercolor paper

10″ x 10″ on oil paper

My painting incorporates the cobblestone streets and the gold-domed churches of Italy that I loved

Portholes to my Youth landscape 4″ x 6″ image (8"Mixed media (acrylic, paper, and ink) 20" x 16" on paper This painting captures the autumn of my childhood. Memories of cooler temperatures, changing colors, and shortening days all rush back to me. There's a nostalgia for those foggy beach days with crisp winds and washed up seaweeda pang of sadness for the dropping leaves and impending winter weather. These circles are portholes to my youth and bittersweet remembrances of those long ago autumn days.