(1952-2014) Civitella Ranieri provides an ideal situation for a creative artist. It allows plenty of time for complete solitude without interruption where an artist can allow his or her ideas the unlimited space they need to develop. At the same time there is the...
The gift of a Civitella residency has not only been that of time, solitude, and community in the stunning picturesque environs of a medieval castle, but truly, the gift this place has given me has been that of transformation and discovery. I came with the intent of...
Not the Magdalen of Donatello, ravaged, Not the Mary of Mel Gibson, stripped and nunified, Mary of Perugino is sweet and healthy as any young woman in the Umbrian hills, her eyes dark and alive, turned away from our curiosity. Her hair dark as the woods and thick as...
