Kate Emlen

“Piserchia Road” and “Olive Trees in Umbria” were painted during a residency in Montecastello, Umbria in September, 2007. I lived and worked with a group of artists in the small hill town overlooking many layers of hills. Some days I walked down the steep hill and painted the landscape below; the vast views were overwhelming for a New Englander so accustomed to being close in. I also did many sketches and watercolors of the view of the Tiber from the piazza up above. Once back in my Vermont studio I painted “Tiber Morning” and “Weather Clearing, Umbria” based on those sketches.