RED UMBRELLA, acrylic on canvas

RED UMBRELLA, acrylic on canvas, 16x12 "
This painting is part of my solo exhibition at Petrini's Restaurant, in Little Italy, San Diego.

Reading Ariana Huffington's recent book:  THRIVE, I found many pearls of wisdom, her own, and others' :
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." --Mikhail Baryshnikow.
 "You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace, that is already around your neck." --- Rumi

AU LAPIN AGILE, watercolor

Au Lapin Agile, 7x9 in. watercolor, in exhibition now at Petrini's Restaurant, Ash and India streets, Little Italy, San Diego, California. I've been exhibiting my paintings at Petrini's Restaurant since March 2006, when David Petrini opened its doors for the first time. I usually change the show twice a year, a shorter winter/holiday season exhibition, and a longer spring/summer/autumn exhibition.  Come to Petrini's for the art, and come for the food, delicious italian cooking by the Master Chef, David himself!

Au Lapin Agile is the famous bar-cabaret where the intellectuals, artists, writers, used to meet at the beginning of the 20th. C.  Paris. Coming down from Montmartre, this is the lovely view.

Crossing the Tebere in Rome, watercolor

Crossing the Tebere in Rome, watercolor, 4x6" (10x15cm.) Available. Painted plein air, from the bridge, stopping from a walk from the Vatican (in the distance) to downtown Rome, Italy.
"Art is an experience, not an object"----Robert Motherwell.
"A successful painting integrates everything, all the parts belong to the whole." ---Robert Dicker

Gauguin in Venice

Gauguin in Venice, 16x12, watercolor and mixed media, $300.- tax+shipping included.
This painting is in exhibition and for sale at "La Mano Masks", in La Jolla, California. "La Mano" is a Venetian masks store on Prospect St., the main business street in La Jolla, a  beautiful area near San Diego. Today is the day of Carnevale, and people wearing costumes from "La Mano" have been walking in La Jolla, and in Little Italy, San Diego, where a Venetian style Carnival was organized on the streets, with music, vendors,  people in authentic Venetian costumes....so much fun!!!