As I was sitting on the pier, another gondola came back to be moored.  All the other boats already parked for the night, this must be the last one.  A gondolier maneuvered his shiny, slender black boat, using only a long oar through tall posts and other boats.  Seeing up close, I never realized a silver ornament called ferro on the bow was so huge.  It must be heavy, too, as it works as a counterbalance to a gondolier's weight.  After he left, the clucking sound of the boats hitting choppy water echoed this side of the Venetian lagoon.

Everything in this painting was designed around the gondolier.  With him in the middle (a little to the upper left), I placed the boats, posts and the bell tower and the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, ripples of the water, all around him.


Venezia I

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Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 9.5 x 7.5 in. (24x 19 cm)
Mat Size: 14 x 11 in
Purchase: Sold