Tuscan Gold
by Michael Swanson
Title
Tuscan Gold
Artist
Michael Swanson
Medium
Painting - Oil / Canvas
Description
This Italian Tuscan farm house is in the Val d'Orcia Tuscany region, surrounded by yellow and gold hills and fields is one of the most photographed pieces of architecture in Tuscany. I made it my mission to find the house during one of my earlier trips to Italy before the internet made things easier to locate. Driving south through the area of Crete Senesi (Crater region) I found various fascinating hillside roads and quaint abandoned farm houses on my way to the town of San Quirico d'Orcia. The long drive prompted me to pull over and have a rest overlooking a valley and there to my amazement was "The House" nestled neatly below framed by the distant Monte Amiata. My mission was complete I returned home and painted my own version of this iconic Italian landmark. The Val d'Oorcia region is now a UNESCO World Heritage Region.
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October 2nd, 2012
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Comments (19)
John Malone
Congratulations on this marvellous painting being FEATURED in “PAINTING THE OLD WAY” , L….group administrator, John Malone (You may also want to participate in our discussion thread, I would appreciate that)
Painted Ladies Inc
Congratulations for being featured in Painterly Fine Art group! You are invited to post this painting in our featured gallery for this month found in the discussions.
Lenore Senior
ONGRATULATIONS!! I love this painting! It has been featured as an Administrator's Choice of the Week on the home page of Old MASTERS--Painters and Traditional Arts! Excellent! v/f/feature and fb promotion.
Nicla Rossini
Congratulations! Featured in Art Promotion and Marketing V/ A̵̧̮̖͍͚͔̘̗̞̝r̴͇̪̰͎͖̺͙͇̣͜t̸̯̹̝̱̝̠͍̻̥̜ ̴̦̟̬̩̱̩̣̺͜͜P̶̡͓̯͈̭͙̯̫͖͜ŗ̷̼̞̣͍̰͉̖̜̼o̷̲̲͖̗̣̘͕̜͙͜m̶͇̖̻͚͓̙̖̩̫̪o̵̡̱̻̮̩̺̞̬̳̜t̸̠̲͉̙͉̩͙̩͜͜i̸̹̫̜̬͇͖̪̜͕ͅo̶̡̜̣̻͉̮̞̖̩͜n̴̡̡̪̮̼̥̟͙͇̝ ̸̘͇̗̝̰̮̞͎̼ͅa̷͈̻̳͚̟̖̩͙͕̖n̵̡̤̳̞̣̠̬̼͉ͅd̶̞̼̼̤̪̰̗̰͚ͅ ̶̢̢̡͓̱͈̰̝̫͜M̸̡̳̬̤̝̻̳̣̟̞ḁ̷̜̩̝̬͚̣͈̤͜r̴̝͉̗̰̫͙̙̼͎͜k̸͕͓͖̺̳̪͖̪̫͎e̴̡̠̝͎̣̝̦͖̬̠t̸͖̭̳̙̗̬͓͇͙̥i̷͍̲̥̥̖͍̪̜̘͜n̴͓̥͓̲̘̝̲̲̰̫ģ̷̦̲͔̫͈̹͙̼͓