Pace in Venice, Approaching San Marco oil on canvas | 26" x 40" Piazza San Marco, Plazzo Ducale, Library Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
We were in Italy in 2003, two months after Bush had started the Iraq war. Everywhere we went we saw a lot of antiwar and anti-Bush signs and graffiti and there were peace (PACE) flags. There were so many PACE flags, hanging from balconies and scaffolding, and flying on flag polls that it was a rare to find a street where we couldn't see at least one. That inspired me to paint a series of paintings of Venice: PACE in Venice. There is a PACE flag in every painting, where they were actually flying when I was there.
Pace in Venice, Approaching San Marco oil on canvas | 26" x 40" Piazza San Marco, Plazzo Ducale, Library Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Pace in Venice, Fisherman oil on canvas | 20" x 30"
Pace in Venice, Grand Canal oil on canvas | 20" x 30"
Pace in Venice, Green Canal oil on canvas | 24" x 16"
Pace in Venice, Illusion acrylic on canvas | 15" x 30" Illusion and wishful memory, imagination—an impossible likely.
Pace in Venice, Quiet Neighborhood oil on canvas | 24" x 36"
Pace in Venice, Narrow Way oil on canvas | 24" x 16"
Pace in Venice, Quiet Moment oil on canvas | 24" x 36"
Pace in Venice, Side Street oil on panel | 9" x 12"
Pace in Venice, Small Bridge oil on canvas | 24" x 16"
Pace in Venice, Two Flags oil on canvas | 12" x 8"