This is a painting that I did from a photograph. I took the photograph more than 10 years ago in Ravenna Italy. It portrays a boat on "Lido di Dante:" the beach of Dante. When Dante was expelled from Florence, he ended up in Ravenna and, in fact, his tomb is there. I learned that, when Dante became well-known, the people of Florence wanted his body back and wanted his tomb there. It was not to be because, as I was told, Florence had rejected him and Ravenna took him in. Ravenna wanted to keep him and had built a beautiful tomb. The beach is nearby and is on the Adriatic Sea.
I began this painting several years ago, but somehow never finished it. I think I was saving the paper to make a painting on the other side. When I saw the painting a few weeks ago, though, I realized it had good potential and so I finished it. I love the pink horizon and the flash of yellow in the sky and left those alone. I strengthened the shadows on the boat and the masts. I am calling it done and I am loving the memory it invokes of my time in Ravenna.
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