European Countryside Painting Frame:Dark ash Thick palette-knife strokes build the

Thick palette-knife strokes build the leaf-littered ground into ridges of ochre

fresh and quietly meditative

The painting speaks of harvest time and the quiet dignity of the countryside at rest

Soft blue mountains fade along the horizon beneath a sky filled with billowing white cumulus

European Countryside Painting Frame:Dark ash Thick palette-knife strokes build theA golden field of ripe wheat sways across the foreground of this painting, its heavy ears rendered with such texture you can almost feel the warm breeze moving through them. Beyond the crop, gentle hills roll toward a sun washed villa crowning the rise, flanked by the dark spires of cypress trees so typical of the Italian countryside. Olive groves and hedgerows stitch the slopes together while billowing white clouds drift across a clear blue sky. The