Twilight in Venice

“Each day I get up and paint. Art is work, but I love it and so it seems more like play. I feel very blessed to have been able to spend my life doing what I love.” – Charles Pabst

Every season, tourists, locals, and city dwellers come by Lake Tahoe to take in the sights and sounds of its pristine surroundings. The Marcus Ashley Gallery in Heavenly Village is the best place to visit between plans. Besides its breathtaking oeuvre of Charles Pabst art, the gallery curates a commendable array of fine exhibits by past and present artists.

Pabst has carved a niche for himself in the art world as a prolific artist and master of landscape and impressionist paintings. In this release, Pabst paints a memory of a time when he visited the romantic city of Venice. In Twilight in Venice, he captures the wondrous beauty and old-world charm of the Italian city.

Midnight blues, deep purples, glowy ambers, murky browns, and soothing grays diffuse the canvas with the colors of nightfall. A gondolier rows his boat gently down the stream as the lampposts dotting the canal twinkle to life. Pabst alternates between smooth, squiggly, and animated brushstrokes that come together like a symphony in Twilight in Venice.