Day Trip : Florence #1

Since we are heading to Florence tomorrow to see an exhibition and buy more art supplies, I realized I had better post this piece about our trip to Florence a few weeks ago.

Time flies...I'll say that.

Johnny has a couple of art supply shops in Florence he likes. On this day trip, we headed straight to Ragacci, an old school place with great customer service. We love these folks!

Johnny was looking for paint, canvas and small panels to work on.

So much to choose from, but he always has a list to follow.

Making sure the color is just right.

Nice selection of rolled canvas.

Smaller stretched canvas as well as wooden panels.

I love this display!

Plenty of brushes to choose from, of course!

After shopping, we made a plan to pick it all up later so we could do some walking around Florence. 

We popped into the Museo Novecento to see a show which features one of the last self portraits by the Italian painter, Amedeo Modigliani. 

It also has a couple of nice Morandi pieces.

A lovely Morandi still life.

Another Morandi from a different era.

The self portrait by Modigliani is set in it's own alcove...you can't get very close to it, but it is lovely.

It was a fine show, but I must say, we were disappointed that there weren't more paintings by the two "biggies". There are several other Italian artists featured, though.

After a bite to eat, Johnny set up to paint again near the Ponte Vecchio. This time from the next bridge down the way.

 

It was a good day to paint, and almost no one stopped to chat.

Focusing in on the center 3 windows...

Nice reflections...

This will be part of a show back home in California at The Carmel Art Association in August.

He's been doing some nice plein-air pieces for the show on this trip.

Another one finished.

More to come, including another trip to Florence tomorrow, and the Venice Biennale later this month!