Pink Camellias with Sun Ray
2016
120cm x 80cm / 47in x 32in
Oil on Linen
This painting was done on site at the Cypress road leading to the Santa Maria Maggiore church ruin in Ninfa. During the painting session, suddenly there was a bright stream of light shining from the east that cut through the composition. Although I had painted that area as background landscape, the sun ray was so strong and ephemeral that I painted it immediately over the existing work, giving the composition a diagonal feel that perfectly contrasted with the round form of the camelia.
