"Quiet Morning on Main Street", 20x16, oil on linenThe pretty building in this picture with the teal-colored awning is The Venice Wine Bar. And No! this is not a painting of Venice, Italy! Sorry. It is not even a painting of quirky Venice Beach California!
I live in a quiet little town in southwest Florida that some illustrious person decided to name after one of the greatest cities in the world.
Okay. I'm glad we're done with that explanation!
Today I went out to paint in downtown Venice with the Venice plein air group. I got there a little late, but I decided to set up right at the intersection of Venice and Nokomis Avenue where there's a lovely old building dressed in pink and lots of palms situated along the avenue.
The day was gorgeous, weather wise, and people were friendly and stopped to chat as I painted for about an hour and a half before calling it quits.
Painting plein air is valuable for many reasons, but I have yet to turn out a masterpiece painting with all the distractions that go along with painting out in the open. But I took my painting home and thought about the wonderful light, colors and perspective that the scene had afforded me. So I set to work on a studio piece and worked on it literally for the last ten hours. Although I was tired, I didn't want to stop painting while the colors and values and temperature were fresh in my head.
I hope that you enjoy this morning on the avenue in downtown Venice, Florida!
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