“Buon Giorno Venezia” by Caroline Zimmermann | Style Imitating Art

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About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join either! In fact, you don’t even have to join but you can still use the art to inspire an outfit just for the sake of trying something different. If you want to share your inspired outfit, we invite you do so on Instagram or any other social media platform that you prefer. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Shelbee, or Marsha or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

This Week’s Presenter

Marsha came upon her choice of artwork quite by accident. After participating in an experimental event at the Indianapolis Museum of Art last week, she went Googling Georgia O’Keeffe because one of her favorite pieces is a large white flower by that artist. Her Google search for “O’Keeffe” and “peonies” led Marsha to the artwork of Laguna Beach painter Caroline Zimmermann. While Zimmermann also paints lots of floral images, Marsha ended up choosing this painting instead. It is a beautiful view of the Grand Canal in Venice with lots of bold colors and different geometric shapes and lines to inspire all sorts of stylish interpretations.

The Artwork

“Buon Giorno Venezia” by Caroline Zimmermann

“Buon Giorno Venezia” is an oil painting on canvas by Laguna Beach artist Caroline Zimmermann. It measures 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm) and features a stunning autumnal view of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The painting was completed in 2019 and was inspired by the artist’s most recent visit to Venice which you can read about in her blog post, Autumn in Venice. Not only is a Zimmermann a very talented painter, she also has a beautiful way with words, describing the Grand Canal in quite poetic form.

“It amazes me how humans can forge an existence with such grace and elegance in such an improbable place. How decay, corrosion and erosion etch the most beautiful patinas of time on structures built in the unlikely medium of salt water. Slowly, relentlessly and like rust, never sleeping, water works to reclaim all that Man has done and return it to the briny deep.” 

Caroline Zimmermann

Below are a few links about the artist and her work which you can check out for additional inspiration or just to learn about this amazingly talented woman.

• Caroline Zimmermann: Paintings in Oil
• Caroline Zimmermann – Biography of a Surfer and Artist
• Autumn in Venice
• Buon Giorno Venezia
• Fine Art Studio Online: Caroline Zimmermann
• Lahaina Galleries: Caroline Zimmermann Art
• Caroline Zimmermann: Portrait of an Artist in her Tuscan Garden
• Caroline Zimmermann on Instagram (@cwzimmermann)

If you are feeling inspired to create your own outfit inspired by this gorgeous painting and you want to be featured in Marsha’s review post on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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