Venetian Laundry Day

Venetian Laundry
by Jane McElvany Coonce

Venetian Laundry is an original watercolor by Jane McElvany Coonce.  It is in the all-media member show for July at the gallery.  Jane took a group of art students to Italy to paint for 2 weeks this spring.  They painted in a lot of the small hill towns of Umbria.  Apparently, Italians don't own dryers, and everyone hangs their laundry out of their windows.   This painting captures  the essence of Italian laundry day!

In watercolor, the artist has to save the white of the paper for the highlights.  So any of the clothing that was to remain white would not have any paint on it until the subtle shadows of the cloth were put in.

There are many interesting pieces of art to see at the gallery in July, but you only have until Friday, July 25 to see the artwork because we change the show on Saturday morning.

We keep a photographic record of all works from each of the monthly shows, so if you ever see anything on the blog from a previous month, don't hesitate to contact the gallery.