The Other Riviera: Liguria

Inspired by years of exploring the Italian coastline by car, scooter, boat, and on foot, The Other Riviera – Liguria is an original contemporary landscape painting that brings together memories of Liguria and the Amalfi Coast into a single imagined place. Rather than depicting one specific location, it captures the colours, rhythm, architecture, and atmosphere that linger long after the journey has ended.

Drawn from my travel sketchbooks and countless moments spent along Italy's Mediterranean coast, the composition blends colourful seaside villages, graphic boats, luminous blue waters, and sunlit architecture into a landscape assembled from memory rather than geography. It reflects the way travel lives on within us—where different places quietly merge into a single emotional landscape.

Created using acrylic, oil, and hand-painted collage on canvas, each window, boat, and figure was individually painted, cut by hand, and layered onto the composition, adding texture, depth, and a distinctive handcrafted quality. The result is a contemporary original painting that celebrates the joy, colour, and timeless beauty of the Italian Riviera through a bold graphic visual language that has become central to my work.

A one-of-a-kind artwork inspired by Liguria, the Amalfi Coast, and the Mediterranean, The Other Riviera is designed for collectors drawn to contemporary coastal art, Italian landscapes, and travel-inspired original paintings.