Battle (after Uccello)
Pairing:
The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello
Photo of a building in Piazza della Reppublica, Florence, Italy
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 55" x 68"
Artist's Insights:
Q. This painting also has a Florentine feel. Was it painted while you were in Italy?
A. At over six feet wide, this is one of the largest works I have ever painted. Luckily the apartment we rented in Florence was spacious with high ceilings! As I sifted through the multitude of slides I took in and around the city, I focused on the large building in the Piazza della Reppublica. The signs on the building, in many languages and type styles, fascinated me. I knew I would be looking for the foreground so as not to hide any of them.
I found what I was looking for in Paolo Uccello's "Battle of San Romano". The horizontal lines of the stone blocks are interrupted by three giant arches that find their upper form repeated in the rumps of the horses. The lances, most of them, reach to the upper windows of the building and bind the two pairings together. I was careful to position the center so the viewer could delight in all the graphics.
After the painting was complete, I noticed a shape reflected in one of the windows that I could not identify. I discovered, after a trip back to the piazza, that it was the reflection of a statue temporarily covered in burlap on the other side of the piazza!
Print options available.
The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello
Photo of a building in Piazza della Reppublica, Florence, Italy
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 55" x 68"
Artist's Insights:
Q. This painting also has a Florentine feel. Was it painted while you were in Italy?
A. At over six feet wide, this is one of the largest works I have ever painted. Luckily the apartment we rented in Florence was spacious with high ceilings! As I sifted through the multitude of slides I took in and around the city, I focused on the large building in the Piazza della Reppublica. The signs on the building, in many languages and type styles, fascinated me. I knew I would be looking for the foreground so as not to hide any of them.
I found what I was looking for in Paolo Uccello's "Battle of San Romano". The horizontal lines of the stone blocks are interrupted by three giant arches that find their upper form repeated in the rumps of the horses. The lances, most of them, reach to the upper windows of the building and bind the two pairings together. I was careful to position the center so the viewer could delight in all the graphics.
After the painting was complete, I noticed a shape reflected in one of the windows that I could not identify. I discovered, after a trip back to the piazza, that it was the reflection of a statue temporarily covered in burlap on the other side of the piazza!
Print options available.