We left Milan in our little Fiat 500 on Saturday (May 17), and drove to our next destination in the Chianti hills. Fattoria Bacío is a working farm of vineyards and olive orchards 22 miles from Florence. We stayed in a restored 19th century villa surrounded by breath taking views of the surrounding country side.
Villa
View from Villa
Tuscana is a story book landscape of vineyards, orchards, and farms in rolling sunlit hills capped by grand villas. The Tuscan sun provides an illumination that heightens the contrast of the landscape enhancing the textural richness of the countryside. Hill top villas of stone, plaster, and red clay tile roofs glow as if there was an individual spot light shinning on each one. Tuscana is glorious.
During the week at Villa Fattoria Bacío we traveled to Certaldo alto, San Gimignano to paint, and the Uffizzi in Florence to learn.
San Gimignano top and the painting group bottom
No comments:
Post a Comment