Painter
A pattern has appeared. When I have finally loaded the car with my supplies and I approach the end of the driveway that connects to the street, I must decide whether to turn left or right. I consider this decision in bed before rising; trying to ‘map out’ my destination for the morning. If I …
My wife and I stopped at the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. It was after 5 pm and the chapel was officially closed. However, we could see it quite well from a distance just standing in the transept of the church. It is undoubtedly one of the most important works from …
I’m sorry that I can’t organize my life better in order to find time to paint. I try to put some time aside on my busy agenda but end up not being able to respect my own appointments. Never mind. I find time here and there and when it happens, I really am immensely happy. …
I woke up this morning at 5 am. Actually, it was about 10 minutes before the hour but I sat in bed and looked inside my spirit for a few minutes before checking the clock. I knew I didn’t have any lessons in the morning so I was free to go painting if I wanted. …
When I moved to Italy in 1986, I resided in Rome and took frequent trips to the countryside nearby. In my first years here, I also traveled to Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Campania and Sicily so I saw quite a bit of the Italian countryside. I was living the dream of centuries; ‘The Grand Tour’ albeit …
I attend a sort of art laboratory organized by my wife. It’s called ‘Sofia’ and we meet with a handful of other people on Saturday morning for about 3 hours. The first part of the session involves a ‘lectio divina’ while the last part concerns painting. To begin with, we read something from the Holy …
I went to Venice on the 22nd of November to be present for the opening of the exhibit ‘On the footsteps of Marco Polo: Italian Painters Paint Hangzhou” at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in San Marco Square. I stayed in the city for only one night and spent a lot of time walking around …
I went to Venice for the inauguration of the exhibit ‘Following in the Footsteps of Marco Polo: Italian Artists Paint Hangzhou’ at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in San Marco’s Square. It was the second time that I have been in Venice and I appreciated the fact that I could visit the city in another …
Nov 10 I am a self-taught painter even though I have a Masters degree in Painting. This is not a contradiction but a matter of fact. A painter learns by painting. If I give you instructions on how to write a piece of programming code and ask you to execute the same steps, you will …
I am writing again for the first time in more than a month and a half. I have changed the domain name of the website from www.enpleinairpainters.com to www.anthony-lombardi.com. The first reason for this change is because I think the website is personalised and not general. Enpleinairpainters implies a group (at least two members given …