Daily Painting: Albi, France

Albi skyline study, oil on canvas board, 18 x 24 cm. Available on Etsy. I love the skyline of Albi (the hometown of painter Toulouse-Lautrec). Just look at the layers upon layers of buildings as the city climbs up the hill. It’s the kind of interesting space that draws me in and features prominently in … Read more

Revisiting Venice

Venice gondoliere, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, ©2011 Julie Galante. If you follow this or my other blog, you’ll have an idea how much I love Italy. It seems unfair that a single country can contain so much wonderful food, art, and beauty. I find the combination irresistible. So it’s not so surprising … Read more

Daily painting: Zum Franziskaner

Zum Franziskaner, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 cm, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Just another little scene from everyday life in Munich. Zum Franziskaner is one of the many brewery-owned restaurants that can be found in the city center. It’s very sunny here this week, so I hope to go out and take a new … Read more

Back in the studio again

I think this one’s done. (Last seen in progress in this post.) What a perfect week to be in the studio. Munich is getting a ridiculous amount of sunlight, enhanced by the slightly longer days. I have a couple of new painting projects in the works, and I’m feeling quite energized. This month is all … Read more

Happy creative 2011

Christmas market at the Chinese Tower, Munich | 18 x 24 cm | oil on canvas | @2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] Happy new year! I had intended to start my new year by diligently posting my art goals for the year, but a couple crazy things came up this week and that just didn’t happen. … Read more

Christmas market in the woods

Christmas market in the English Garden, Munich | oil on canvas panel | 30 x 40 cm | ©2010 Julie Galante There is a huge park in the middle of Munich, even bigger than Central Park, called the English Garden. Every year there’s a Christmas market in the middle of this park, in an area … Read more

Christmas market at Sendlinger Tor

oil on canvas, 18 x 24 cm, ©2010 Julie Galante. [SOLD] So here’s the final version. Munich is full of Christmas markets these days, so I’m guessing this won’t be my last Christmas market painting. That is, if I manage to do a good job of balancing my Christmas market time with studio time…