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These paintings were all conceived during my residency in Montecastello di Vibio<\/a>, Umbria in September 2007, at the School of International Painting, Drawing and Sculpture.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Most have now been completed and can be found in the Eshop part of the blog.<\/p>\n

26 artists attended the school, ate locally fresh Italian meals and often found ourselves painting en plein air together in the hills and valleys of Umbria. Our trips to Rome,<\/a> Perugia<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Assisi and Todi,<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0the famous ceramics of\u00c2\u00a0Deruta <\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and the charming art deco architecture of\u00c2\u00a0Marsciano<\/a> are documented at these links.<\/p>\n

Jack<\/a> has a fabulous villa\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>outside Todi and spends the fall and spring on the lower east side. \u00c2\u00a0A perfect balance. You can view pics of his pool (that I covet) in the link to the villa. He’s \u00c2\u00a0selling two apartments at Buda in Umbria<\/em>. His contact info is available from his website.<\/p>\n

I had been to the Umbria <\/a>jazz festival in Perugia in 2005 with my pal Kathleen, but living and painting for almost a month in Italy is a much different experience than a short 10 day vacation. Need to return to the area for further ‘research’….<\/p>\n