La Porta Vecchia

The doorway to the old villa in Monterongrifolli, Tuscany.

A Road Less Taken

Caroline painted La Porta Vecchia (The Old Door) upon her first visit to the abandoned Tuscan village of Monterongriffoli in 1997 when she began exploring the Italian countryside. She has returned many times over the years and is always astonished to see how little has changed. There are however signs of habitation and even a bit of restoration work on some of the old dwellings, likely picked up for a song. Read more...

• Excerpted from Caroline Zimmermann's blog: "An Artist's Journey Through a Forgotten Tuscany"

   

•   Read also: The Artist's Blog "The Tuscan Landscapes of Caroline Zimmermann".