Gondola on the Green Canal
A 2017 oil on canvas, modest in scale at 20 by 30 inches, depicting a single gondola on a narrow Venetian canal. The title's emphasis on colour is telling: where canal water in painting tends toward grey-green or murky brown, here it is rendered almost emerald, giving the composition an intensity that lifts it well beyond topographical record. Ochre palazzi press in on either side, their warm facades throwing the cool luminosity of the water into sharper relief.
The gondola itself, solitary and unattended by any figure the title implies, anchors the composition without crowding it. Venice has attracted painters for centuries precisely because its geography collapses the distinction between solid and reflected, between architecture and water, and a canvas of this size invites an intimate rather than panoramic reading of that relationship. The narrow canal format concentrates attention on surface and light rather than on the broader spectacle of the lagoon.
The 1.5-centimetre depth suggests a standard stretched canvas, likely intended to hang without a frame or with a minimal one, keeping the eye on the painted surface alone.