Italy travel – Page 4 – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

Good Company, Good Cheese And A View

Who loves Aperitivo time? Before 2006, I really had no idea what it was! Aperitivo is a pre-dinner drink usually accompanied by a bevy of small snacks. Some of you […]

Miniature Art

Fourth Time’s A Charm!

The first time I saw Camogli was nothing more than a quick glimpse from a train in 2006… and I was smitten. As the train to Milan slowly pulled into […]

My Art

Italian Coffee Stories

How much does food figure into your travel memories? I can remember places vividly by the food and drink I’ve had. And with my recent miniature series, those delicious memories […]

Miniature Art

Sunday Morning In Orvieto

Mother’s Day, 2017. Orvieto, Italy. I’m alone and missing home. I awake early and decide not to linger over coffee, but instead head out into the streets to explore and […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Can’t Be There? Sketch It Anyway!

According to my itinerary, I’m supposed to be in Tuscany right now on a bit of a sabbatical. The plan was to take some time in my favourite travel destination […]

My Art

La Dolce Vignetta

Over these last few months housebound, I’ve definitely become one of the millions who has taken up the new practice of “Couch Travelling”… far more than is recommended. I find […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Taking A Break By The Ligurian Sea

Until we meet again soon! (Video: my ink and watercolour miniature and larger works; music is “I Giorni” by Angele Dubeau & La Pieta)

Travel-Inspired Art

Forza Italia

Watching the news coming out of Italy is heart-wrenching and surreal. If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that I’m deeply in love with Italy. I have painted scenes […]

Travel-Inspired Art

How A Book Inspired A Painting

… Siena was to me as intimate as a locket you would wear around your neck and yet as complex as a maze. – Hisham Matar, “A Month In Siena” […]

Miniature Art

A Little Tuscan Love Moment

Fifteen years ago, I got kissed on this spot in Pienza, Italy. I was lost in the vista from this winding promenade high above a wall. The sunny Tuscan valley […]

Miniature Art

Taking My Sweet, Sweet Time

During a summer day the five towns of Italy’s Cinque Terre can be bustling and crowded, but once the day-trippers and beach-goers depart, these towns take on a very different […]

Miniature Art

A Fisherman’s Door

SEA You challenge time since the dawn of the world. These words were carved in Italian into the stone plaque beside this door facing the docks in the beautiful seaside […]

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