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| Flooded San Marco Piazza |
My husband and I have just returned from 2 weeks in Italy. Naturally, I wanted to spend most of the time in my beloved Venice. We had rather nice weather, but the Acqua Alta ( High tide) alarm sounded three times while we were there and the first two floods were almost fun and offered great photo opportunities ( see above0. Our last day, Sunday, we basically " escaped" from Venice when the city had its 6th worst flood since 1872; high winds from the Adriatic violently whipped sea waters into the city and the tides were 5 ft above sea level. Our hotel manager told us at 5 am to leave "now, right now" if we did not want to swim to the bus station.We left early in the morning and walked in the dark to the bus station for our transit to the airport. The water was rising by the minute and we could no longer tell where the street ended and the canals started. We were lucky to leave early as we did; later on that morning, the water was waist high in many areas of the city. It was an adventure for us, but an almost scary adventure. I feel sorry for the people whose homes and shops were flooded on Sunday.
On a happier note, I am pleased to say that I returned home with 1500 photos of Venice, Florence and Rome to provide me with enough inspiration for months of painting!
In my previous post, I mentioned that my work had been accepted in the Rothwell Gallery. On Nov. 17, I will have 4 paintings in their 33rd Christmas Open House and Exhibition of Miniature Paintings. The show will continue all of November. Do you recognize my Inukshuk on their poster?
I hope that all is well with you. I hope to have new work to post within a week or so.
Wow! Sounds like you had quite an adventure! I can't imagine....
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your newest gallery addition!
I look forward to seeing your new paintings inspired by all those photos!
Laura, it was an adventure! I always thought that I would love to live in Venice...now, I think that Venetians have their share of challenges!I am looking through my photos now and it will be difficult to choose the first one to use as reference:-)
Delete..it was very bad christiane ..a few tourist were swimming in s.maro ...glad you had a good trip ..lots of inspiration ... it flooded again in vicenza too ..so much damage ... all the best with your show !
ReplyDeleteJane, I hope that you were not affected by the flooding! It was really bad indeed. I felt sorry for the shop and home owners getting so much water damage to their property. It was a wonderful trip nevertheless...there is no place like Italy!
DeleteHi Christiane. Glad to hear you made it safely out of Italy. What an adventure! You will certainly have many great photos to use for inspiration i am sure, along with the a fresh new outlook! :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the new works. Thanks for your visit too. It has been so long since i had painted.
Ross, it was indeed a memorable adventure! I have hundreds and hundreds of pictures...enough inspiration for a lifetime:-)
DeleteI was so pleased to see your beautiful portrait of Beau on your site today. I hope that we will be seeing your wonderful work more regularly from now on:-) Take care and thank you as always for your much appreciated visit.