Villa Lante

1996

10" x 9"

Oil on Linen

sold

Reproduction at full size:

$150

This was painted on site in the Villa Lante di Bagnaia. It is a former controlled hunting ground for the bishops of Viterbo. Spectacular sculptures, fountains and formal gardens built in the sixteenth century. The formal gardens are at the entrance and two parallel paths ascend a hill which is crowned by two chapels called the House of the Muse.

It is a magical place. No one can go there without being moved by something that I experienced as a powerful force of nature exuding beauty regardless of what humanity chooses to do with the landscape.