Responding to Place
Farindola, Abruzzo
October 2019
NEW PAINTINGS IN THE PIPELINE
"The deserted crumbling alleyways and weathered walls of Farindola became my focus for this body of work made whilst in Italy with colleague Karen Stamper on her annual sketching trip. Lines of telegraph wires hang everywhere; buildings lie abandoned, some ancient, some modern concrete with hints of green growing on empty balconies ... there is a sense of timelessness about the place - it seems to be standing still. Young people have left for the cities. The only constant is the sky."
Lesley Birch 2019
The following paintings are studies made whilst in Farindola
Mixed Media on Board, approx 9 x 7 ins
Look out for larger panels later in the year
Lesley Birch 2019
The following paintings are studies made whilst in Farindola
Mixed Media on Board, approx 9 x 7 ins
Look out for larger panels later in the year
"Everywhere I look, surfaces are sunbleached and worn away ...
Shafts of light cast shadows. Buildings are ghosts of themselves, hidden, decayed ... beautiful.
There is a history in the stone. and all of it standing beneath a constant sky ..."
Shafts of light cast shadows. Buildings are ghosts of themselves, hidden, decayed ... beautiful.
There is a history in the stone. and all of it standing beneath a constant sky ..."
