Corfu, Greece, 15" x 11".
A painting from a photo I took from a TV travel program about Corfu (never been there myself!). It's the house of the late British author Gerald Durrell, which I think is now a guest house. Anyway, it's a bit tricky getting the values right with a low res photo of a TV shot as reference, and I had to invent the two guys walking on the shoreline. The bright house really stands out against the background hills, so I dulled it down a bit with a light wash of some yellow ochre.
Hi Tim - lovely painting. It is in fact Lawrene Durrell's house, as described in his book "Prospero's Cell". He and his wife Nancy left the rest of the Durrells quite early on in their stay, looking for peace and quiet. The current owners have somewhat rewritten history as Gerald never lived here.
Posted by: Nigel | Sep 23, 2015 at 09:41 PM