Giovanni Battista Piranesi

There is currently a free exhibition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's work at the Keith Murdoch Gallery in Melbourne. The exhibition features a number of stunning etchings and paintings all centring on the topic of Rome. Looking at these artworks took me back nine years to when I visited that ancient city myself and now I long to return. Here are some of my personal favourites.

The Tiber River

The Trevi Fountain

View of the Sibyl in Tivoli

I couldn't find my particular favourite, Stenographic Insulate Tiberinae, it's a view of an island in the Tiber  and the composition blew me away. I also thought it would be a great setting for a story. If you know where it is online please let me know.

I hope you enjoyed this itty bitty post, have a great day.

Minka Svarcs

Minka Svarcs is a Melbourne based artist, which I thought was fitting due to my recent move. To quote directly from her website, she's "putting the world living inside and around [her] down on paper."

Here's a few of my favourites from her site,

 Maybe now I'm living in Melbourne I'll be able to go to some of my fave Melbournian artists' exhibitions.