01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Brian Kewley's Piazza San Marco, with footnotes. #96

Brian Kewley, (1933 - )

Piazza San Marco,  c.1971 

Pen, gouache and wash on paper 

36.5 x 54.5cm

Private collection

Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice.  The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is surrounded by shops, caffè’s and palazzi on three sides. According to local legend Napoleon called the Piazza San Marco “the drawing room of Europe.” More on Piazza San Marco

Melbourne artist, Brian Kewley, was born in 1933 about 100 metres from Hamptons bayside beach. He has lived, sailed, fished and painted there all his life. The subjects of his paintings include Elwood, Point Ormond, St. Kilda and Port Melbourne, for it is these locations that have inspired his art. Many are painted on the spot in an attempt to capture the light, movement and dazzle of the water. Other subjects, like Brighton Beach, have been painted from an aerial perspective. His subjects later extended to the Peninsula as far as Flinders and to the city of Melbourne. A veteran of more than 22 solo exhibitions since 1965, Brian Kewleys' paintings evoke immense pleasure while they record the changes that Melbourne has undergone over past years.  More on Brian Kewley

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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by Wendy Sharpe, with footnotes. #95

Wendy Sharpe (b. 1960)

Woman with Yellow Top (with Basilica di San Marco in the background)

Gouache Painting

35cm x 27cm

Private collection

Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice.  The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is surrounded by shops, caffè’s and palazzi on three sides. According to local legend Napoleon called the Piazza San Marco “the drawing room of Europe.” More on Piazza San Marco

Wendy Sharpe, (b. 1960)

Tourists on the Canal 

Oil on canvas 

122.0 x 136.0 cm

Private collection

Wendy Sharpe (born 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian Artist who lives and works in Sydney and Paris. She counts among her influences paintings by Chaim Soutine and Max Beckmann. She is the winner of numerous major awards including the Archibald Prize, the Sulman Prize, the Portia Geach Memorial Prize and The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize. She was commissioned by the Australian War Memorial as an official Australian War Artist in East Timor in 1999-2000 (the First woman since World War II). 

Sharpe undertook art studies in Sydney between 1978 and 1984 and held her first solo exhibition at the Nicholson Street Gallery in 1985. 

Renowned for her richly-coloured, carnivalesque and variously-perspectived works, she is particularly interested in the curvaceous, voluptuous forms of dancers, acrobats, drag artists and burlesque performers and the effects of stage, street and domestic lighting. More on Wendy Sharpe

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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Julian Barrow's Santa Maria della Salute, with footnotes. #94

Julian Barrow, 1939 - 2013

Santa Maria della Salute, VENICE

Oil on canvas

14 x 18 inches (35.6 x 45.7 cm)

Private collection

Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.

It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, at the Bacino di San Marco, making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water. The Salute is part of the parish of the Gesuati and is the most recent of the so-called plague churches.

In 1630, Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by Baldassare Longhena. Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death.

The dome of the Salute was an important addition to the Venice skyline and soon became emblematic of the city, inspiring artists like Canaletto, J. M. W. Turner, John Singer Sargent, and the Venetian artist Francesco Guardi. More on Santa Maria della Salute

Julian Barrow was born in Cumberland but lived for most of his life in London. He studied in Florence with Pietro Annigoni, and was an inveterate traveler, painting views throughout the world. 

Julian Barrow was described as "a country house painter par excellence" and his commissions for interiors and exteriors of country estates took him all over England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. He also painted many of the private clubs in London and New York. In 1977, for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Barrow produced a painting of the House of Lords which now hangs at Westminster. More on Julian Barrow

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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Mike Bernard's VENETIAN CANAL with footnotes. #93

Mike Bernard (b. 1957)

THE VENETIAN CANAL

Mixed media

55 cm by 75 cm; 21 1/2 in by 29 1/2 in

Private collection

Mike Bernard (born 1957) is an English painter. His highly textured semi-abstract paintings are often executed in mixed media incorporating collage and acrylics; he also brings an experimental approach to watercolour and oils. Regular subjects include coastal and street scenes in the English West Country and Italy. "What attracts me most is the pattern of buildings, boats and similar features in a scene. I build a painting by putting in blocks of colour to develop a pattern which is pleasing to my eye in colours which are harmonious, bringing in feelings of spontaneity, freshness and freedom."

Bernard was born in Dover, Kent. He trained at the West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, followed by postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Since then he has exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition, Mall Galleries, Royal Festival Hall and many other galleries in London and the provinces. He has also gained awards and prizes for his paintings.

Bernard lives and works in North Devon, having moved there in 2008 from Hampshire. He is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine. More on Mike Bernard

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