Dear
Art Lover,
My first time in Italy was in 2004. My art [14 works, 3 bronze sculptures and 11 paintings] had arrived there a year
earlier, thanks to a request from Museo Gilardi in Forte dei Marmi. I backpacked around Italia for six
weeks. Anacapri and Firenze [Florence’s
real name] were my favorite destinations, a hard choice to make with so much
beauty and art around that country!
Here is what I wrote on my Web site in 2005
about Bologna:
Bologna, Italia
I had not originally
planned to go to Bologna. I was not avoiding it, I just did not know anything
about it. However, one of the benefits of hosteling is meeting many travelers
who give you feedback and tips along the journey. A girl named Anna that I
spent a couple of days with in Perugia told me that she loved the energy in
Bologna. Someone else said the same thing.
So, after I left the
Amalfi coast to head north for an art reception Cristiano Merra held for me at
the Museo Gilardi, I had to figure out what to do with some extra time. I had
originally planned to go to Caprise Michelangelo after leaving Cristiano's in
Forte dei Marmi, Italia. But when I asked the hostel which bus to take, I began
to understand that it was highly unlikely that I would find the birthplace of
Michelangelo without a car. As it turned out, the hostel in Bologna had an
opening . . .
I look forward to
returning to Bologna -- there is still so much more I have yet to see!
I have been back to Bologna several times since then for a variety of reasons and usually not alone anymore and never for very long it seems. But each time, I go back to visit my favorite sculptured fountain there in the Parco della Montagnola, Bologna. It is not hard since it is quite near the central train station.
Parco della Montagnola, Bologna, Italy - The Fountain |
Traveling alone
gives me guilt-free time to do as I like.
In 2004, I took time to paint this sculpture from several vantage
points. Here you may see an image that
an Italian woman took of me at work one afternoon.
For more images of Bologna, visit this page: http://www.borsheimarts.com/painting/2005/bologna.htm
The
August Art Sale continues… see postings here on my blog this month or the
corresponding album on Facebook. Offer
ends 31 August 2015. These works are located in Cedar Creek, near Austin, Texas.
Today’s
listings:
Parco della Montagnola, Bologna
24"
h X 36" [plus a frame, not yet shown... will post in comments later]
Oil on Canvas
© 2005 Kelly Borsheim - Offer: $950
Oil on Canvas
© 2005 Kelly Borsheim - Offer: $950
© 2004 Kelly Borsheim - Offer: $75
© 2004 Kelly Borsheim - Offer: $75
Kelly
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Kelly Borsheim, sculptor and painter