MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Mercato di Napoli

I was so inspired to paint this beautiful market in Napoli.   I loved the way the light was almost like sunshine on all the items that were for sale. I tried to capture the essence and I am very happy with the results.

Exhibition in Via Guilia 194A, Roma 10 December - 7 January 2014

The following are a few of my new paintings for the above exhibition.  They are all the same size of 21 cm x 29.7 cm. (A4) 

Where have I been? Not writing on my blog thats for sure!

We recently went to Napoli for the weekend.  I have been to Napoli before and its truly a very unique place in the world.  A crazy place I call the wild west because its filled with thousands of people living a vastly different life from what I guess I know.  The last time I was there was when the garbage collection strike was on, and every night in the piazza of the railway station people lit fires in the big plastic bins and surrounding rubbish.  It was horrific for all the people trying to conduct business in shops and restuarants and even for mothers with children to go buy some food at the local supermarket.  They have incredible markets with the freshest food.  They sell everything much of which I suspect is highly counterfeit, even cigarettes which I have never seen sold in this way.  The people of Napoli are incredibly friendly and treat you like a long lost friend if they see you more than once.

I loved this place it was great and I could wait to paint it.  I am working on the painting now.

We went to have coffee and were told that there was no hot water in this massively big cafe, its seemed so strange but perhaps not....
So we decided to have a glorious little cake and an aperitivo instead.

This little place sold lots of horse stuff, must have been one of my husbands long lost relatives, with the same surname.  His father was actually born in Napoli.  My husband says sadly that his father would turn over in his grave if he could see what has happened here now.

Fantastically fresh seafood.  Big tubs of fresh vongole and cozze.