Light Chasing

Phillippi Creek Park

8"x11" Oil on Panel

 This past Thursday I met up with the Light Chasers plein air painting group again, this time at Phillippi Creek Park in Sarasota.  Much to my dismay it was a pretty cloudy day, but luckily, as we started out the sun broke though for just a bit and cast some lovely shadows across a path. I quickly painted them in, as the light was fleeting, and as I continued to work the rest of the painting- what we lacked in sun- a nearby mockingbird made up for with a sweet song, serenading us all morning long.

Rome Sketches

                                 A Few Pages From my Sketchbook                                

One of my favorite things to do in Rome (besides wander around eating gelato) is sketch. Below are a few recent pen & ink drawings I did of several of my favorite subjects- the Pantheon and Campo de'Fiori, just to name a few. The last is of a typical, picturesque little corner cafe in Trastevere. Inspiring subject matter for paintings and drawings is about as eternally endless in Rome as the Eternal City itself!

Under the Pantheon Portico at dusk

Entrance to the Rotunda

Campo de'Fiori

Via Della Scala

Paintings of Tuscany and Rome

                          Paintings of Tuscany and Rome

Allora! (As the Italians love to say) I recently returned from my painting trip in Chianti, near the little town of Tavarnelle val di Pesa, and Rome. Below are the paintings I did there. A few of them are still wet, so my apologies for the resulting glare. The weather was glorious (despite a couple days of wind and rain- not so conducive for plein air painting!) as was the food and company of fellow artists.

For anyone in the SouthShore/ Tampa area, I'll be having a gallery show of my paintings, both from this trip and from last year's in Baratti, at the SouthShore Regional Library during the months of November and December.

Please join me for the Artists Reception Opening on 

Thursday, November 1st from 6-7:30pm.

Hope to see you there!

La Strada a Tavarnelle SOLD

10"x14" oil on panel

Il Castello

10"x14" oil on panel

La Matina a Chianti

8"x12" oil on panel

La Casa dalla Vigna

8"x12" oil on panel

Alberi d' Olive

10"x14" oil on panel

La Villa

12"x16" oil on panel

Vasi di Terracotta

12"x16" oil on panel

L'Orto delle Cipolle SOLD

8"x12" oil on panel

Il Capanno del Giardiniere

8"x12" oil on panel

L'Orto di Botanico, Roma

8"x12" oil on panel

Vicolo di Trastevere, Roma

8"x12" oil on panel

Parco degli Aqcuadotti, Roma

10"x14" oil on panel

           All paintings, unless marked SOLD, are available and for sale though my website, www.corywrightart.com or through The Studio at Gulf and Pine art gallery, www.studioatgulfandpine.com located at 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria Island FL 34216