Santa arrives by Gondola

Not much longer to wait for Father Christmas!

No chimney?  No problem!

In Murano (which is an island just off Venice, where they make the most treasured Venetian glass), the gondola is the preferred method of arrival by Santa.  Over there, he's known as Babbo Natale.

Photo credit:  Lauren Fiebert, East Carolina University Fine Art Student

Buon Natale!
Helen

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In 2015, we're going to Venice, Niagara Falls, Montreal and so on!!!  
Find details HERE.

Who is Aldus?

Lucky us!  In time for our painting trip to Venice in May 2015, the Gallerie dell'Accademia will be showing 300 never-before-seen paintings in 5 new rooms!  All this will be at a cost of 600,000 Euros (currently around $750,000).

While most of the paintings will be from the 14th to 17th centuries, they'll also host temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art...the first 2 will be Willem de Kooning and Aldus (whom I don't know and just tried to look up in vain...does anyone know him?  Of course, I'm "assuming" it's a man...why do I assume that?!).

Photo courtesy of www.virtualtourist.com

Helen K. Beacham
www.helenKbeacham.com

Come paint with me! 

In 2015, we're going to Venice, Niagara Falls, Montreal and so on!!!  
Find details HERE.

See my latest blog post HERE.

Rome to Venice - Easy Peasy

Good news for those traveling to Italy...starting Sunday, you can take one of 2 daily round trip, high speed trains from Rome to Venice, and make the trip in 4 hours!  

You can also get from Rome to Florence, Bologna or Padua in 2-4 hours. 

A quick search on TrenItalia's website shows fares to be 40-60 Euros ($60-75 one way).

Info courtesy of:   https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/italy-rome-airport-florence-venice-train-215215402--finance.html

www.helenKbeacham.com

Come paint with me! 

In 2015, we're going to Venice, Niagara Falls, Montreal and so on!!!  
Find details HERE.

See my latest blog post HERE.

Heading Back to Venice!

Although I haven't posted to this blog in a long time, I'm back....because I'm headed back to Venice in May 2015 with painting students again!  I do have one spot left if you'd like to snag it!

Meanwhile, you can read about my painting escapades on my Art blog (www.helenKbeacham.blogspot.com).  It's where I offer painting tippettes and other insightful perusings.  And my paintings can be seen at:  www.helenkbeacham.com.

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Gondolas moored in Venice.  Photo by Helen K. Beacham Fine Art.