So there you are walking around Venice at night as I have done so many times along the dark alleys and squares slightly inebriated from a few glasses of vino rosso and you find yourself walking alongside the Grand Canal. It's a dark night foggy and mysterious, just how I like Venice when all of a sudden a ghostly figure emerges from a narrow alley and turns round to look at you with his burning eyes....
Another in my occasional series of "Vampires Of Venice" I have come in a bit closer this time to the Nosferatu and wanted a creepy atmosphere to this one with just his burning eyes and gaunt face emerging from the darkness. People associate Venice with Romance but I find it a mysterious place particularly at night when it is so quiet and dimly lit and my mind wanders to the idea of the whole city being inhabited by Vampires that each have their own square or canal etc that they prowl under the cover of darkness waiting for an unsuspecting tourist to empty of blood....
This particular location is impossible by the way as there are no walkways along the Grand Canal in this part of the Sestiere of San Marco....
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on this blog.
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