Busacca Gallery

Artist Jerry Ross: This painting shows the artist's adaptation of the Italian I Macchiaioli concept of "macchia" or stain, the burnt sienna underpainting that establishes the central design. Loose brushwork is applied over the macchia with care not to obliterate the original design. The painting is a demonstration of spontanous plein air painting and nicely works in the colors of Venice, its muted greens, yellows, and oranges. The overcase sky is not blue yet is full of color and light. A very gentle painting that captures the essence of the location in the painterly spirit and style of the late Ottocento.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss. Other oils occasionally used include poppyseed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil. These oils confer various properties to the oil paint, such as less yellowing or different drying times. Certain differences are also visible in the sheen of the paints depending on the oil. Painters often use different oils in the same painting depending on specific pigments and effects desired. The paints themselves also develop a particular feel depending on the medium.













Eduoard Manet painted the Grand Canal:



http://www.canvaz.com/gallery/921.htm



as did John singer Sargent:



http://jssgallery.org/paintings/The_Grand_Canal_Venice.htm



and, of course, Canaletto:



http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/canaletto-venice-a-regatta-on-the-grand-canal