There are themes we often see reoccurring in mixed media art and the doorway is one that fascinates me. It wasn’t until I visited Rome that I truly fell in love with the ornate doorway. Every street, at every corner and through every alleyway, a new vista opens and another streetscape is presented. And they are filled with different sized doors with patterns and ornate knockers and knobs.
And the streets themselves, with the housed lined up so tightly, also inspire artists delight – the shapes and symmetry of the windows, the shutters, the planter boxes with the tiny collection of colour that stands out against the weariness of the buildings walls.
The colour pallette is also gorgeous in the summer light; through a range of whites to browns that words simply can’t describe.
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Where is your inspiration coming from today?
I was in the Umbria region in Italy several years ago and loved the doors as well. Thanks for the idea of doing collages of the doors. I will try it. I have done some watercolors of them and the people would walk by and watch me paint. Loved it!!!
I love using doorway images in my art journaling and collage work, the more ornate the better! I feel as though they represent “moving into another phase or chapter” in life…..Great pics!