tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22267787206930785852024-02-20T11:51:50.935+01:00 down a dusty lane..... Paintings and musings about living in Sicily from artist Cathy HoltomCathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.comBlogger518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-31287529352818781712020-03-20T15:02:00.000+01:002020-03-20T15:03:13.871+01:00Italy on lock-down<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's hard to escape all the news going on abut the Covid-19 virus, television, social media Here in Sicily as in the rest of Italy we are following the government rules and not leaving our homes.<br />
I'm grateful that I live in a house that is fairly isolated and we have plenty of outside space.<br />
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Painting or any form of art is a great way to escape reality.....dance, sing, make music, read books...it all helps. Here is one of my most recent paintings of late blackberries covered in cobwebs.<br />
I took the reference photo in October while in the UK for a quick trip to see my family. It seems so long ago and now it's impossible to leave Sicily let alone Italy! Lets hope for better times.<br />
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How are you coping? I hope all of you are safe and well in these strange and worrying times.</div>
Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-30428287298552653642020-03-04T21:35:00.000+01:002020-03-04T21:35:24.568+01:00Eggs is eggs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been enjoying painting a mini series of fruit and also these eggs in plastic wrapping or bags. I love the the mysterious way the plastic smooths out the edges and then creases over the subject.</div>
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Another painting from my abstract deviation! This time I went bigger, much bigger than I normally paint and that I think, gave me more freedom. It was fun but I've painted over more than I've kept.<br />
This process is still evolving.<br />
Inspired by a wet weekend (it was meant to be sunny!) on the tiny Sicilian island of Favignana.<br />
We did a lot of walking as the island is so small it's really not worth putting a car on the ferry. The hydrofoil is faster and far more exciting.<br />
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Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-32070188312738259442020-01-19T17:00:00.000+01:002020-01-21T09:54:29.948+01:00Trying out abstracts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These were the first two semi-abstracts that I felt happy with...dipping my toe in the water!<br />
Both are inspired by rivers and their reflections.<br />
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This is the beautiful reflection of Verona in the river Adige on a cold, cold day. Verona is one of my favourite cities. I didn't need to abstract the reflections as nature had already done the hardest part!</div>
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Both of these paintings are available <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/690293897" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/537249073" target="_blank">here</a></div>
Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-55355409511599637262020-01-10T18:59:00.000+01:002020-01-10T18:59:11.382+01:00New Paintings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Both of these small paintings are commissions from last year. Normally commissions are not my thing but these are so in my comfort zone!</div>
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In 2019 I tried to push myself out of this place of comfort and I've been painting some abstracts. I will talk more about these in my next post.</div>
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I know it's a bit late but a happy 2020! </div>
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A recent oil painting of lemons. Sicilian lemons smell so good!<br />
Available from my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DustyLaneStudio" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a></div>
Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-19381845607992112792019-07-02T20:00:00.000+02:002019-07-02T20:00:28.404+02:00Greetings from Sicily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Greetings from sunny Sicily....still here and still painting! These little fish are from a lively fish market in Siracusa. It was painted a while ago, but it looks like I have a lot of catching up to do.<br />
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Living on an island the sea will always be important and little traditional fishing boats are a common sight along with fishing nets drying along the seafront and buckets of octopus.<br />
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Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com0Sicily, Italy37.5999938 14.01535569999998634.3608198 8.8517816999999859 40.8391678 19.178929699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-60829688280202672422018-04-08T15:31:00.000+02:002018-04-08T15:31:07.486+02:00Eggs in a Basket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All my eggs in one basket...eggs is eggs..love and eggs are best when fresh...I could go on forever!<br />
Here's my basket of fresh local eggs on a sunny morning in Sicily. Sadly I don't have my own hens (yet) but I can get a good supply of really nice free range eggs in the village.<br />
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I recently flew back to Italy via Turin and spent a day there before continuing my journey. A day is by no means long enough to see a city but I walked until my feet were dropping off! </div>
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A quick sketch is a good excuse for a rest as well as a nice lunch and glass of wine!<br />
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There are plenty of museums in Turin, I chose to visit the Musem of Oriental Art (MAO)...I lost count of the rooms and floors of this museum, housed in a 17th century palazzo. It's a well organised museum and there is every thing from Samurai armour to ancient Chinese pottery. </div>
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I always like to save some places to visit on any future trip, so the Eygptian musuem would be next on my list...just to say hello to the mummies!<br />
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I have been painting.... I paint most days, but recently I've been dedicating my time to some bigger paintings. (I'll post those at a later date). I got a bit bored with the small 20x20cms format so I decided to change everything around for a while.<br />
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This cherry painting is somewhere in between, it's long and narrow and the cherries are really big. I enjoyed painting this one...I love the colours. The background is roughly painted in gold, it took quite a few layers to get a reasonably compact colour.<br />
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This painting is available from my Etsy shop if you've got place for it on one of your walls!<br />
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Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-4272348007097965072018-02-15T14:59:00.002+01:002018-02-15T14:59:23.678+01:00The 'orange' season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Time flies...! We are nearing the end of February and I still feel as the year has just begun.<br />
I've been painting some larger works and have yet to finish them off and photograph them. For now here's a painting from last year that happily sold straightaway.<br />
We are well into the 'orange ' season and the trees here are heavy with fruit, the lemons are nearly ready so the drive down the dusty lane is quite colourful!<br />
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I don't think it's a secret that I love to paint fruit!? Here is a couple from this summer, apricots, strawberries and cherries. All my favourite colours.</div>
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The summer holidays are over and it's back to school this week. I'm not a big fan of extremely hot weather and spend most of August at home so now the worst of the heat has gone it's time to get moving again.<br />
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During the summer months the evenings are the best time to take a walk or socialise and you often find young children playing on the seafront up until midnight. It's that time of year when each village or town has it's annual festival or 'feste' to honour their patron saint.<br />
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These are busy occasions with funfairs, stalls and fireworks.<br />
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Even the horses get dressed up ready to pull their Sicilian carts!<br />
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This is the reflection of buildings along the river Adige in Verona. It was a freezing winter's day with small amounts of snow still left in the shady areas of the river bank. Verona can be a very busy place in the summer with tourists filling the squares and streets but it was far nicer in cold January even if my fingers and everything else was frozen!</div>
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The painting above is my latest painting of Grapes. Then I noticed just how many times I've painted grapes.</div>
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...and there are quite a few! Do I have grape problem?</div>
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<br />I love the colours of these fruity flowery teabags. My favourite colours...so in the end I just had to paint one. This tea had berries and hibiscus flower in it and is supposed to aid relaxation and sleep. It seems to work.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<br /><br /></div>
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It gets warm early here in Sicily. In April it's possible to go to the beach. We did just that for Easter and travelled to the small island of Favignana.<br />
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There is only one little town but good for food and a glass of wine or two in the evening.<br />
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Last of the lemons, all are gathered for this year. Painted here in my favourite blue bowl...or at least favourite for the lemons. The afternoon sun filtering into the shadows lit up the lemons but it was sooo hard to capture.</div>
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This was a fun one to do....it just shows there is always some inspiration to be had in the fridge!</div>
Cathy Holtomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226778720693078585.post-14320857515123095172017-04-09T16:54:00.000+02:002017-04-09T16:54:01.855+02:00Venice in Winter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Earlier this year we had a short break in the North of Italy. We were based in Verona but happily for me Venice was only an hour away by train.<br />
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The weather was sunny with blue skies but sooooo cold (compared to Sicily anyway!)<br />
Visiting somewhere like Venice in winter is one way to avoid the crowds although it was still quite busy.<br />
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An easy way to see Venice without spending sackfuls of money is to take the vaporetto or water bus. If you make sure you get a seat at the front you get fantastic views. We took one all the way down the Grand Canal... freezing but beautiful!<br />
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One of my favourite subjects..apples! These were still in their bag from the market and the colours glowed against the white so I painted them just how they were.<br />
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Some of the paintings I've enjoyed painting this year, I hope you have enjoyed them too.<br />
One of my aims was to paint more in 2016 and I think I managed to do that, although I'm sorry to all my friends and family who have had to put up with me shutting myself off and just doing what I love. Sometimes you just have to.<br />
Happy 2017 to all blog friends, thank you for dropping in ....see you all next year!</div>
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We're into winter now and it's getting a bit chilly,. So just to remind us of how warm it was in the summer here's a young boy sitting on a wall looking out over the sea. I think he was actually looking for a fish to catch with his net and he reminded me of my own son when he was that age.</div>
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Walking around a small local harbour here in Sicily there are moored alongside the sleek yachts, little wooden fishing boats. Just as interesting to look at but not quite as posh!</div>
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