La Vita È Breve, il Foulard È Lungo (Life Is Short, the Scarf Is Long)

Oil on canvas 24  x 18

Style: Contemporary Whimsical with Pop Art influence
2026

Under the golden light of the Italian Riviera, she arrived like a scene from a forgotten Fellini film…

Meet Francesca the Italian Whippet — my newest painting.

Behind her flower-shaped sunglasses, she has the mystery of a movie star passing through a seaside town.… she doesn’t just visit Italy, she becomes it… a vision of playful sophistication, and Mediterranean romance. 

Yellow like a field of sunflowers, pink like the bougainvillea climbing the ancient stone walls.

This is La Dolce Vita in its most whimsical form. 🩷💛🇮🇹