Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Matera


A studio painting done in the last couple days while it was raining: it depicts a surreal view of Matera, a town in southern Italy.  In Matera, people lived in caves until quite recently.  When I was there I saw an exhibition of paintings by Carlo  Levi, who wrote Christ Stopped at Eboli, a book worth reading just to find out what he meant by the title.  He was a sort of an Italian Alice Neel, painting fascinating portraits that capture the sitters' personalities.  12x12 oil on panel.

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