Thought I’d make my first blog entry. WOW! This is great that people are able to comment about the trip. I am one of the parents that accompanied the three amazing artists to Italy.

What I am most happy about is that my son, Dylan has a new artistic interest in his life. He took a fond liking to photography. Art and beauty was everywhere we looked. He saw potential for new paintings around every corner.

He also took an interest in the language. Ordering his meals in Italian and even spoke to some pretty Italian girls on our way to Orvieto.

Dylan has begun painting his “Italy Series”. The first piece is finished, titled, “Civita di Bagnoregio”. His next work will be hard pastel paintings of
2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ miniatures.
His art director called me with excitement while he was still in session with her, to tell me that “he gets it!” She said that he’s drawing from the right side of his brain. YEAH! I can hardly wait to see his new pieces.
She once told me before we left that a trip to Italy will help make him a “real artist”. I think it happened. He is excited and feeling confident in his art abilities.

I can still hear Dylan while we were walking the streets of ORVIETO. “Look at that, look at that, look at that! There are so many things I could paint”. He’s seen the beauty of Europe and is now ready to paint it for all of us to see.

Thank you everyone for helping make this trip happen.