In recent news, we had a successful joint studio show with internationally published painter Steve Stento at his studio in Anthem. We had fun and I think everyone who came also enjoyed themselves. We had some giveaways and a raffle for the first edition of the limited edition giclée prints of their joint piece entitled: "Fiori de Toscana." The … [Read more...]
Collaborative Artwork and Studio Show
Exciting news! Joel has gotten together with internationally published painter Steve Stento to do a joint project. The mixed-media piece is part photograph, part watercolor and part oil painting! It is definitely a one of a kind piece from two great artists. Steve and Joel have been talking for years about trying to do some collaborative artwork … [Read more...]
Tuscany 2010!
We're now accepting registration for our Villages of Tuscany workshop in May 2010. Click here to get all the info! We're still working out all the details for our Provence workshop in September 2010, but will have pricing soon... Please check the website for our current schedule as we have a lot coming up. Ciao for now! … [Read more...]
Toscana
We visited a medieval village nearby yesterday and drove around the countryside... beautiful. We're supposed to get more rain today, but we've got umbrellas and it is no less beautiful in the rain- just wet! While driving on some back roads yesterday we saw some local cuisine as well- wild boars- which we later sampled in some pasta sauce for … [Read more...]
Morning in Pienza
We're staying in Pienza, which is in the Val d'Orcia, a UNESCO World Heritage site- this is what it looks like... very storybook. Through UNESCO, development here is very restricted, so it looks much the same as it has for centuries. We consider ourselves very lucky to be here. Now that we've recovered from jetlag, I think we'll do some more … [Read more...]