A Floral Shop Portrait from Venice, Italy

by Jennifer Skopp

On a recent trip to Venice, Jennifer saw this cute flower shop named, A Baldan. It was in the middle of a small courtyard. The flower shop was on the ground floor and there were residential apartments above it. The five story stone building was various shades of whites and ivories. The windows in the apartments above had dark green wooden shutters to keep the sun and heat out. The green canopy was retracted. Marble slabs that were green, gray and white, were placed above and below the window. There was also a slab of marble above the entrance. Two hanging plants were on each side of the door. Jennifer embellished the portrait by adding more plants in front of the store and painted hanging flowering plants in the windows. She gave the inside of the store a warm light, so the viewer could see the contents of the flower shop more visibly.