16" x 20", acrylic on canvas, 2016
Piazza Enrico de Nicola, in central Naples, is a charming square with elegant buildings and a central fountain. It’s a lively meeting place with many cafes and restaurants. Smooth sky contrasts with thick impasto foreground for depth and touch. Cool tones—cerulean, Payne’s grey, desaturated teal—balanced with warm burnt sienna and Naples yellow for natural light. A reflective, slightly elusive scene that blends direct observation with the soft haze of memory, inviting quiet contemplation of light and place. Enrico de Nicola was the first president of the Italian republic in 1946 after a referendum abolished the monarchy, tainted by its relationship to Mussolini’s Fascist government.
16" x 20", acrylic on canvas, 2016
Piazza Enrico de Nicola, in central Naples, is a charming square with elegant buildings and a central fountain. It’s a lively meeting place with many cafes and restaurants. Smooth sky contrasts with thick impasto foreground for depth and touch. Cool tones—cerulean, Payne’s grey, desaturated teal—balanced with warm burnt sienna and Naples yellow for natural light. A reflective, slightly elusive scene that blends direct observation with the soft haze of memory, inviting quiet contemplation of light and place. Enrico de Nicola was the first president of the Italian republic in 1946 after a referendum abolished the monarchy, tainted by its relationship to Mussolini’s Fascist government.