Mixed Media on wood, ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

Silenziosa (silent) is a mixed media artwork on heavyweight Strathmore paper mounted on deep edged quality birchwood artist panel by Marijke Lambregtse,
This little artwork was done in Italy while we lived there for six months and finished here in Australia. The theme and motive for this work is a mixture of influences and impressions I cumulated during our stay. The landscape, the Cartasia biennale, the old poetry books I found on the antique markets, the beautiful color of the olive trees, the colorful fields in spring and at the same time my feelings and confrontation with the environment and climate change which is effecting Italy a lot also has had a great effect on my work as always. We hadn’t had any rain of significance till the last couple of days of our stay in Terracina an incredible little town on the west coast. It has been a terrible drought for Italy with wild extremes as everywhere in the world. I am proud to say we hardly used the small car we rented here. Did everything by foot, bike or train, climbed hills, climbed steep stairs etc, and loved every single day. So here it is a little reminder that we shouldn’t stay silent.