Italian Street Painting Competition

Cari Amici (Dear Friends),

Here is how the competition in Nocera Superiore, Italy, for street painters looked in the early morning.

After this, I leave you with a few images of the finished works. There were 80 madonnari there who worked throughout the night to create drawings that fit the theme this year: The Life of Saint Paul.

These are not in any particular order. I do not know which artist won. I mean, I was told, but I did not know the artist. I like the diversity, but was a little surprised at which images (famous paintings) were chosen more often and which I was hoping someone would have re-created but did not. A decent range of styles was presented in this competition.

Enjoy.