In 2025, I spent two months in Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia, and a quick tour through parts of France. For a European viewer, the locations might have little connection with each other, but from my Australian perspective, they all share the romance of the European Renaissance and Baroque periods. Of course, many of the locations pre-date the Renaissance or have nothing to do with the Baroque, but that’s not the point. This is not a history textbook, it’s a series of my impressions and my interpretations. 

I’ve treated and graded the images to acknowledge these influences. Many of the images have textural overlays, again referencing the Renaissance and Baroque artworks I love. When you see these paintings today, there is invariably a patina of age in the paint and the colour – which I have tried to reflect in these photographs.

I hope you enjoy my wanderings through Italy and France.

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