Oil Painting Italy Landscape Frame:Poplar prestige A scatter of stars lingers

A scatter of stars lingers in the deep blue-black between the bands of colour

lifted by the soft ochre of the village walls

The result feels less like a picture of a leaf and more like a relief cast in metal

This vivid stylised scene looks across a still mountain lake at the height of sunset

Low golden light rakes across the scene

Oil Painting Italy Landscape Frame:Poplar prestige A scatter of stars lingersA cluster of terracotta roofed villas clings to a rocky headland above a deep blue bay, painted in vivid, expressive strokes. Dark green cypress and pine lean over the cliff, while the warm stone of the buildings catches the sun against the cool water below. Beyond the inlet, hazy mountains rise in layered blues and greens beneath a sky scattered with bright, sunlit clouds. The bold, almost impressionist brushwork gives the whole coast a shimmering,