I decided to have a little drawing/painting trip to a little place called Lake Nemi, about 40 minutes by car out of Rome. It is so beautiful, the lake where Romans spent the summer rowing huge boats on the volcanic lake. Its so beautiful and so uniquely different.
I took my gorgeous dog Lucy, who also loved it! She is a hunter of all things moving, mice, pigeons and of course her absolute favorite - Cats, not that she catches them. There were cats everywhere, strutting up and down the tiny streets. The cats of Italy are very fierce creatures, they live by their wits and are looked after and fed by everyone in the neighborhood and afraid of nothing!! including my dog.
The beautiful thing about the lake apart from the magnificent history, was that when you looked at it, it was different everytime, because of the sun moving across the sky.
It has been a place where painters have gone for centuries to paint the lake. I was very inspired and painted non-stop for five days in a row.
This painting by George Inness 1857 is one of many paintings done over the centuries of the beautiful Largo di Nemi.
Its very exciting for me as an artist to be able to go to such a historical place where so many artists have gone to paint before me. That is one of the most incredible things about living in a country such as Italy.
Largo di Nemi I
Largo di Nemi III
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