Riva Remembered

Reflecting Yellow, Riva. 2014.

12.2" x 9.4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Want To Go To Italy With Me?

Upper Church

4" x 6"

Pastel & Conte Pencil

Casey Klahn

In 2015 I will be going to Italy to teach a 14-day workshop at La Romita.  I first heard about this wonderful art workshop center from a local artist and friend. La Romita was established in 1548 as a monastery. Workshops are housed and catered on site, and logistics for painting forays are supported by the staff.

Here is a blurb from their website:

La Romita School of Art first opened in 1966, under the guidance of Enza Quargnali, as the summer art program of Rockford College in Illinois. For over 50 years people have stayed at La Romita, painting the landscape, people, and towns in the beautiful Umbrian hill country, whose radiant golden light has charmed artists since the days of Perugino and his famous pupil, Rafael.

La Romita.

I am gathering interest for October or July, 2015. Contact me.

Italianate Rooftops

Upper Church

4" x 6"

Pastel & Conte Pencil

Casey Klahn

February 2nd.

White Facade

White Facade, Sketch

@8 x 5 in

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Riva del Garda

Hotel of the Sun, Garda

@5" x 4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

I posted this somewhere before, but here is the formal photo.

Belvedere - Work in Progress

Belvedere - WIP

@ 3.5" x 3.5"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

This was a demonstration work in Bellevue a couple of weeks ago.  It had some technical roughness, and so I am planning to do it over.  At Daniel Smith, in Bellevue, I used my demo earnings to buy an LED LightPod, and have already gotten a couple of follow-on images from this one.  This scene was taken from a photo I took in Italy in 2006.