Trip to NAPLES, Italy
with allegory
oil on wood panels (triptych 4 ' x 6 ')
$ 10,000
and to the film, Miseria e Nobilta, present in the triptych
underscore Naples' rich historical fabric as a sort of
"mythological" but very real city, full of the humanism and
tragic-comic sense of life prevalent in Mediterranean culture.
TWO-SIDED triptych -->
early charcoal sketch, first on
paper
Golden Fleece continues on the back side of the
painted screen triptych (above image).
1st panel: CHIRON the centaur (Jason's teacher)
2nd panel: MEDEA and the magic potion
3rd panel: the ARGO Navis (the legendary ship that
took Jason and the
Argonauts to Colchis, where the Fleece was)
Trip to NAPLES, Italy
Below are some of the on-site drawings that I made in my sketchbooks during this one-month
stay in Old Napoli.
sunbathing in
Lungomare
colored pencil on
paper 11 " x 8.5 "
from the artist's
sketchbook
Mount Vesuvius from
San Martino
colored pencil on paper 11 " x 14 "
from the artist's sketchbook
of Santa Lucia
(Naples)
pastel 25 " x 19"
$ 3,000
Naples from
Mount Equia
pastel 19 " x 125 "
$ 3,000
a Chiaia
(Church of
Cosimo
Fanzago(1591-
1678)
pastel 25" x 19" -----
$3,000
on left---- pastel 25" x 19" ----- Private collection
pastel 19" x 25" ----Private collection
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works from
Italy trips
