La Casa del Caffe, Rome, Italy, Italian Landscape Painting

by Keiko Tanabe on 8/8/2009 1:19:39 AM6 Comments

La Casa del Caffe, Rome, Italy I

This coffee house, near the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, must be famous or their coffee must be real good as there was a constant stream of people coming in and out. But to me, what was intriguing was a fleeting moment I happened to catch at the time I was there: A couple hurriedly walked in this coffee house (They must be anxious to get the shop's popular espresso). Old ladies were shooting the breeze at the corner (They must be neighbors, perhaps gossiping). A group of students with backpacks were quite noisy (They must have just visited the Pantheon on a school field trip). Buildings on both sides of this narrow alley had faded paint colors (They probably have been like this for who knows how long)... Just a slice of daily life. Nothing spectacular or noteworthy but the moment was captured in this painting.

La Casa del Caffe, Rome, Italy

Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 8.25 x 11.5 in (on 9 x 12 in. paper)
Purchase: Sold

6 Responses to La Casa del Caffe, Rome, Italy, Italian Landscape Painting

	dan via ktanabefineart.com	30 months ago
	in my opinion what you capture in your paintings is nostalgia. its those fleeting memories that come to your mind maybe years later when for example you smell a certain kind of coffee or hear a particular piece of music. an image follows and fleeting memories of a time and place are brought back. you may find in time there is more to these experiences as a pattern can build up as your sixth sense makes use of what initially seemed as non events. your work although real is also dreamlike and momentary.

	Keiko Tanabe via ktanabefineart.com	30 months ago
	Dan, I appreciate your very insightful comment. It is indeed my hope that what I paint will prove to be more than a recording of the present time or event. Thank you also for your kind words about my work.

	Mike via ktanabefineart.com	20 months ago
	What Dan says is true. The smell of fresh coffee truly might inspire the memory of the place. But it works the other way, too. When I see this painting, I smell the coffee in my mind. It seems as real as it did one day when I sat at the little coffee bar just through the door on the right of the painting - one of my best memories of Rome. Now that's a good painting!

	Keiko Tanabe via ktanabe.fineartstudioonline.com	20 months ago
	Hi Mike, I appreciate very much you sharing your travel memory associated with this place. You make me want to run to Tazza d'Oro for a nice cup of espresso! It is indeed my honor to know how you feel about this painting. Thank you.

	Kyle via ktanabe.fineartstudioonline.com	15 months ago
	I lived in Rome for about a year and I absolutely adored this place. I had quite awhile to search for the best cafe bar in Rome and this was it! Not to mention they serve the best cafe granita in all of Italy! I love this painting and very sad to see it sold. If you ever paint anything with it again please let me know! (or a painting with Piazza Navona or Campo di Fiori)

	Keiko Tanabe via ktanabefineart.com	15 months ago
	Kyle, hearing a comment like yours from someone who lived there means a lot to me. I'm glad this painting reminded you of your (perhaps frequent?) visit to this cafe. Grazie.

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