“View towards Mont Blanc”
Finally, the time for the Florence trip has come. After a week at work and some preparations for the trip, I was ready to go. Not before cleaning the fish tanks and taking the cats to the cattery. And they were not happy about it. I think they have a sixth sense and they new long before. Anyway, we managed to catch them; first Darcy and, after her, Vincent, who was so terrified that he was motion less, completely paralysed.
So, we got on the road around lunch time, thinking that the trip to the tunnel will be quick and we’ll be there long before the train. Far from the reality. In fact, the traffic around London was so bad, we only arrived there 2 minutes before first call for the train. Then, everything went OK, stopped in France two hours after Calais and next day, drove all the way up to Chamonix. We checked in to a wonderful hotel, Rocky pop hotel. Lovely place, friendly atmosphere, helpful staff, great experience. We even had life music in the lobby and the food was really good.
So I set up to paint in the car park, at the back of the hotel, using the thumbox I bought for Italy trip.
Because I was tired from the trip I only did a sketch of the mountain above the hotel, with the glaciers.
I completed the sketch, using a reduced palette and no medium. I just managed to finish it before sunset, packed everything and got ready for dinner. Than all of the sudden, magic happened: the most beautiful ray of yellow light hit the mountain, like a stripe of gold. It was to late for my painting, as I painted the wrong area of the mountain anyway.
So, here it is:
“View towards Mont Blanc.”
Oil on panel (Ampersand gesso board)
8” X 10”
