Painting Tuscany

First of all, Aloha and welcome to my new lurkers and followers! I'm amazed at the burst of traffic through here yesterday from the YHL post on my artwork. So blessed by your sweet and supportive comments! If you're a lurker, pleeeeease say hello! I really get so excited when a lurker delurks. :) I might even read a few comments to my husband, like I did so ecstatically yesterday!

Anywhooo... Besides those stripeys on the cabinet downstairs, my mom had one more project for me during my visit home last week. (Well, she had about a million in her head, but I only had so much time!)

I actually worked all week on this one and ended up awake until 2:30am with my mama on my last night home, painting and listening to André Bocelli Christmas music in an effort to finish it. (Mom thought we should be listening to Italian music, but all she had on hand was his Christmas CD. The stuff memories are made from, people.)

In addition to the bathroom re-vamp, my parents are also giving the downstairs family room a makeover. They recently got some new furniture with red and gold tones and wanted to bring all of that together in a Tuscan landscape painting. 

She showed me a few paintings and photos online that were similar to what she was thinking and I used those as a jumping off point for this painting.

(Did you know I was the manager of the wrestling team in college? It's true. Looove the sport.)

My family's favorite part was the majestic clouds. I, of course, had to sneak in Mt. Etna as an homage to our Sicilian heritage. 

And I especially like this little copse (that's a real word, right?) of trees on the hill. 

Be on the lookout for my Etsy shop coming in September!! :)