Ice Cold and Creamy

While I'm showing off Caffee Tazza's paintings, I must also add this little diddy I painted last week of the yummy Italian gelato they serve! I've had "gelato" across the U.S. and this is as close to gelato in Tuscany as one can get. Hmmm, I think today should be a gelato day.

Here are two paintings that were recently delivered to Caffee Tazza, a wonderful Italian coffee house here in Tyler. On Thursday evenings they have Art and Music Night where they feature a fine artist and a musician and sell Italian wines. Their food is healthy, the finest ingredients, and made fresh every day. Its one of the gems of this town. They sell Daruta Pottery there, hand painted in Umbria, Italy, the feature of these paintings. This was a sale I was glad to make.

Rose Colored Glasses

For the final painting, I spent time adding darks and toning down high-key areas that were standing out too much. After punching some of the color with a few glazes, I had to call it complete. It is easy to overwork a painting like this and I was just about to do just that!