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The Sun Always Shines | Plein air paintings from Italian hilltop villages (2nd Saturday)

  • Ella Yang Studio 543 Union Street Brooklyn, NY, 11215 United States (map)
 

Two Saturday afternoons (and by appointment):
October 29 + November 12
1 - 4 PM

My studio: 543 Union Street, Unit 1-C; at the corner of Nevins Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
Also enter via the alleyway next to 280 Nevins Street

For the first time, I will display the small-scale, plein air paintings from my monthlong stay in 2019 in the charming hilltop village of Montepulciano in Tuscany, Italy. These will be rounded out by some additional views from a 2-week residency during 2017 in another, even smaller village of Montecastello di Vibio in Umbria.

The many extremely steep side streets of Montepulciano afforded a surprising variety of views and the opportunity to escape from wine-loving tourists. I painted outside every weekday morning and almost every afternoon. My legs were very tired by the time I got home!

Learn more about my experience in Tuscany HERE. See all the Tuscany paintings HERE.

Learn more about my experience in Umbria HERE. See all the Umbria paintings HERE.


Also on view next door in Unit 1-F, presented by Footnote Project

Malls of America: Phillip Buehler and Karen Mainenti

Considered mere eyesores today, the first suburban shopping malls were examples of exemplary design: innovative civic architecture created to foster a sense of shared community. Against the background of the recent rezoning of the Gowanus neighborhood, this exhibition explores the optimism of urban planning against the eventual decline of these utopian dreams. Learn more HERE.