Ercolano
Oil on paper
26 X 20 in.
Summer 2012
Overrun Villa
Oil on paper
7 X 8 in.
Summer 2012
Snippet of Wall
Oil on paper
7 X 5 in.
Summer 2012
Katerina's House
Oil on paper
12 X 7 in.
Summer 2012
Katerina's Window
Oil on paper
23 X 18 in.
Summer 2012
Addition to the wall
Oil paint on paper fit into a crevasse in the wall
5 X 4 in.
Summer 2012
Detail
Fence and Trees
Oil on paper
10 X 14 in.
Summer 2012
The Nuns' Window
Oil on Panel
9 X 12 in.
Summer 2012
The Orphans' Window
Oil on board
9 X 12 in.
Oil on board
9 X 12 in.
Summer 2012
Alley at Midday
Oil on board
18 X 24 in.
Oil on board
18 X 24 in.
Summer 2012
Towards S. Agnello
Oil on board
18 X 24 in.
Summer 2012
From Sorrento
Oil on board
Oil on board
18 X 24 in.
Summer 2012
Day trips to the ruins of Pompeii and Ercolano, where empty doorways, crumbling arches, and absent windows visually captivated me and allowed me to define a singular place, moment, and way of seeing. These hauntingly stark cityscapes led me to discover greater clarity in my work made in America. The flaking walls of graffiti and tiny terra-cotta houses with brightly colored shutters echoed the landscapes I pictured while reading Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities, in which Calvino writes, “the space that remained around it, a void not filled with words” (38).
