Monday, October 18, 2010

Gondolas by Edward Burton

oil
This is for Michelle Burnett whose moleskin theme is "Postcards and Snapshots". I decided to do a painting of one of my favaorite places - Venice. The long gondolas seemed to be a perfect choice for the format of her book.

10 comments:

  1. Oh, how beautiful, Edward! I'm so excited to see this in person. I loved Venice when I went there. (Nearly 20 years ago!)

    Can't thank you enough...It's truly masterful!

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  2. PERFECT for that format. Absolutely beautiful. I can hear the music from St. Mark's square now.

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  3. Oh beautiful..... so perfect here it this moleskin . I want to go back to Venice. Seeing this. Love that background too !

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  4. Wow this is beautiful.
    Great choice very romantica.

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  5. Excellent choice of subject for that format, My friend!
    Love the blue color of the covers/tarps.

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  6. Nice serene scene. Great Composition. Lovely Greys! Nice one, Ed!

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  7. Venice is it's own little world and you captured it beautifully Edward!

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  8. Such a beautiful, peaceful painting from subject matter to color palette, as always, just perfect!

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  9. Having never been to Venice I can say that this fits my dream vision of it perfectly. I love your water ripples, that wonderful long format was a perfect choice for this scene, and the distant foggy shores are really convincing. Your feeling about the place comes through!

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  10. These boats look wonderful, and make for a great composition on these panoramic sized pages.

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