Together Old in Italy 02
Together Old in Italy 02 - by Miki
Travel sketch in watercolour and ink
Mt second artwork from the mini series “Togetherness and Loneliness in Italy”… my last post was about an old man/woman couple. Today the Togetherness is more about friendship, two old ladies chatting on a bench in a town park in Lucca, , Tuscany. And obviously they have a very enthusiastic conversation, probably telling each other some dirty secrets judging by the face expressions… 
In this motif I was especially attracted by the contrast between the colours of the background and the black and white colours of the woman clothes. Also by the contrast between the darkness of the clothes and the lightness of the faces…
Well, it was again not easy to make this sketch, I had to be quick, and in the heat of the moment I forgot to take some photograph to refer to it later… but well, I think I could render good enough the impression of the scene. In fact what i wanted to show here is that ageing can still be fun… at least in Italy.. and among women!
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Together Old in Italy
- Together old in Italy – by Miki
Watercolour and ink travel sketch
I saw this old couple in Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy in April 2011, while I was on my 2 months painting trip through Tuscany. I found the scene extremely poignant, full of symbolic about life and death and age and love…It was a big challenge to try to capture this moment, I did as good as I could to hide and draw. I added the colours some hours later when we came back to our Boomobile, our tour bus… well, it is not exactly a bus, bit is a big a motorhome, but we use it for my paintings tours, so i guess the name is appropriate… it sound so much cooler than “motorhome”!!!
Some years ago, I think it was in 2008, I did in Lisbon, Portugal a sketch of an old couple too, walking together in the street after shopping. That painting has received very much recognition since then, being featured in many places around the world, for example as magazine cover related to special themes about ageing , illnesses, etc…
- Old Couple in Portugal – by Miki
I hope that my painting of an Italian couple getting olf together will have the same success.
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Black Country Communion: YOU ROCK!
BCC, TOU ROCK! - By Miki
Glenn Hughes and Joe Bonamassa in teh superroup Black Country Communiuon.
This new artwork is to celebrate the end of BCC (Black Country Communion) so successful USA Tour End 2011. We are waiting now for them to come to Europe, where their first gig will be in Spain. We wanted to attend it, unfortunately Kevin has self a gig that day.. but it does not matter, we will do what it takes to see them live, and fly on the 12th of July to the Czech republic to attend their show in Locket on the 17th. I hope to come back with some sketches, also it is more probable that I will be so excited and hypnotised that I won’t do anything other than widely opening my ears and eyes!
The “You Rock” in this picture points to… I am sure that Glenn is always playing for him too, and that God enjoys as much as we all do!
Rory Mcilroy: Total Eclipse!
Total Eclipse, Rory Mcilroy - by Miki
On the evening of the second day of the US Open, I made this painting of Rory Mcilroy. I had followed him with delight , to see how he had taken, kept and even consolidating the lead.I had discovered Rory some years ago, and was immediately captivated by the purity, strength and speed of his swing. As an artist I am addicted to beauty, in my case especially in the beauty of movement,and Rory’s swing is a BEAUTY, probably the best i have ever seen. And as a passionate golfer myself, of course, how could I not love it!!!
Well he did it, he learned from the recent Augusta experience and succeeded in winning. And not only to win, he broke many records, 12 if I remember well, What a tournament! The best moment being as he hugged his Dad on that Father’s day, and later, dedicated him the Cup.
In 2009 I made a portrait painting of Rory, published it here in this blog with the text
“This was the last time I saw him, in the Portugal Masters 2009. Unfortunately he was not playing that well, and I rarely saw a smile on his face. But I am sure that one day soon, I will be able to make a smiling portrait of him”
Rory Mcilroy in 2009 - by Miki
Well, he was certainly smiling yesterday, and if I have time, I will do a portrait of him smiling. What strikes me is the difference between Rory 2 years ago and now: he is now thinner, more athletic, more mature. This is good. I just hope he won;t lose his freshness, land somehow, never change. i do love his attitude on the golf course.
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Bernard’s Brandy
Bernard's Brandy - by Miki
Another exquisite scene from teh English TV Show “”Black Books:, featuring Dylan Moran. I could not stop laughing as I saw him with his giant brandy glass, and had to paint it!
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Bill Bailey in Black Books
Bill Bailey in Black Books - by Miki
Another very inspiring scene from the episode “The Entertainer” from the English TV show “Black Books”, where Manny (Bill Bailey) discovers his music talent.
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Dylan Moran and Tamsin Greig in Black Books
Dylan Moran and Tamsin Greig in Black Books - by Miki
They simply crack me up! For me is Black Books the best comic show ever! Especially that episode where Fran, Manny and Bernard play piano (“The Entertainer”) is just divine.
I am generally especially impressed by Dylan’s acting, so much that I have subscribed his newsletters =an extremely rare attitude from me, who normally hate all these newsletters stuff! -, ready to fly to the UK , Ireland or wherever in the word to see him on stage! I wished so much he would create a new series… but well, in the meanwhile Black Books will do.. again and again and again!
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Accordeonist in Florence
Accordeonist in Florence - by Miki
Painting in Mixed Technique: ink, pastel and digital art..
One more from the ‘Street Musicians” series. I have seen that guy in Florence, Italy, at the beginning of May, and he was of course a wonderful painting subject.
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Black Country Communion
Black Country Communion 01 - by Miki
My first painting of the Supergroup “Black Country Communion”, featuring Glenn Hughes and Joe Bonamassa, . As often with my music paintings, this is painted in a mixed technique involving ink, pastel and digital art.
I have never seen any of them live.. no wonder, considering that I have been introduced by Kev Moore to Joe Bonamassa’s music only about one year ago and to Glenn Hughes some years before that. Two giants of Rock music, and when both join forces, then it is simply divine.
Well, yesterday evening we made the fabulous spontaneous decision to attend the Black Country Communion concert in Loket, Czech republic, on the 17th of July 2011. We will first spend some days in Prague, which we both always wanted to visit, and then some days in Loket. One week altogether. Concert tickets are bought, Flights are booked, now just browsing the net in search of the right accommodation: this is FUN!
Needless to say we are both super-excited! Last time I attended a big live concert was in Toulouse, France, Pink Floyd were on.. I am speaking about the year 1974!!!! I hope to be able then to make some other paintings featuring these rock gods.. and some travel sketches of Prague and Loket of course!
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For those who need some more “technical” info about BCC, here it is:
“…Black Country Communion is an English-American rock supergroup featuring Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Derek Sherinian, and Joe Bonamassa.
Formation and Black Country (2010–2011)
Glenn Hughes has stated that he and Bonamassa had been working together for over a year when they both performed at the Guitar Center: King of the Blues event in Los Angeles in November of 2009 and decided to record together. Producer Kevin Shirley then suggested the group work with John Bonham’s son, Jason Bonham. Bonamassa did not want the band to be a power trio, so he and the others decided to add former Dream Theater keyboard player, Derek Sherinian, to the lineup on the recommendation of Kevin Shirley.[4] The band began having sessions in Shangri La Studios in Malibu,CA. According to Bonham the group were recording as early as January of 2010. He claims, “I just literally went into the studio last week for two days with one person I’d done an album with before, very quickly, and then the other was a friend of my father’s I got to meet later on, Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes, and we’re working on a new project with a working title of Black Country.” The group took their name from the English industrial area where both Hughes and Bonham hail from.
Second album (2011–present)
Glenn Hughes has revealed that he is already writing the band’s second album during an exclusive interview with EspyRock. “What I am doing is writing a follow up album right now for Black Country Communion; I’m writing a second album.”
On January 12, 2011, frontman Glenn Hughes has announced that the band would be releasing their second studio album in June 2011, a mere nine months after their debut album. Hughes has said that the release of the album will coincide with the band’s summer 2011 tour, and that the first batch of songs for the album were already recorded….”
Street Musician in Pietrasanta in Italy
Street Musician in Pietrasanta in Italy - by Miki
One more from my series
“Street Musicians from around The World”
I saw him in Italy some weeks ago, more precisely in the wonderful little town of Pietrasanta not far from the marble town Carrara. I spent 3 days in Pietrasanta, and I saw that guy twice, at different places downtown. Once he had only his guitar and he was reading, in the posture featured on the painting, where I could not see his face. The second time, he was just sitting, looking around, with all that stuff in front of him, apart from the guitar. If I remember well, he had a long grey beard… to be honest, I am not sure if he even played one of these instruments, or is they were there just for “decoration”….in any case a spectacular apparition! I combined both appearances in this one painting. As all my Street Musicians, the painting is done in a mixed technique involving an ink drawing, pastel chalk, gouache and digital art.
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