'Sweet Home Chicago' earns 2012 Merit Award of Excellence, AZPPA - Professional Photographers of America

**** 2012 Merit Award of Excellence, AZPPA - Professional Photographers of America ****

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." 
- Ansel Adams 

Signed original Gallery Canvas Wrap of Sweet Home Chicago I. ~ City Novellas Collection. The vibrant, eclectic energy off Chicago's State Street. Create a stunning Chicago Story Wall with a trio of three canvas'. © SERANTONI Designs 2011


Available as Gallery Canvas Wrap, Fine Art print, and Wood Block at
http://www.SerantoniDesigns.etsy.com 

Buon Natale & Merry Christmas!

With Love,
from Venice ~
'Fresco at St. Mark's Basilica'

http://www.etsy.com/listing/74965258/fresco-at-st-marks-basilica-venice-italy
© SERANTONI Designs/2011

All rights reserved.

Great Inspirations

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." 
-- Twyla Tharp

This is such a profound quote for anyone who has experienced great escapism through an art form. Music, writing, drawing and painting, eventually stepped aside for Photography, a synthesis of genres. Whenever I miss the people, the arts, and the energy of Chicago, I spend time creating 'City Novellas' ©. Enjoy!

'Time Standing Still' ©

'Sweet Home Chicago I.' ©

'Sweet Home Chicago II' ©

'Sweet Home Chicago III' ©

Available as Fine Art travel photography prints, Gallery canvas wraps, paper products and wood photo blocks (home decor or office cubicle art). City Novellas Collection, 2011 © SERANTONI Designs. All rights reserved.

http://www.xanadugallery.com/Art/ArtistGallery.asp?ArtistID=1316
and
http://www.SerantoniDesigns.etsy.com

Thanksgiving Gratitude ~ Etsian Love Letters

Little moments that quiet the creative spirit, and make it all worthwhile...

Hi Mary, 

I should really be thanking you for sharing your art. I drop by your shop when I'm missing Italy. 
My husband and I spent part of our honeymoon in Florence and Venice, and have been fortunate enough to be able to travel back for a few days since. Neither of us is Italian, but those places feel like home, and are so beautiful. 
Some of our photos disappeared when we made a thief very happy one day, 
so it's nice to be able to appreciate yours. :-)
Thanks again, and best to you! 
S. B.,  Detroit

... xoxo to S.B.

TITLE: 'Meet Me at The Duomo', Tuscany

All rights reserved.  2011 © SERANTONI Designs

Signed original Fine Art Photograph of The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore and Giotto's Bell Tower -- a perfect meeting place. Gothic Renaissance architecture on a sunny afternoon in Florence, Tuscany. Photograph captures extraordinary detail in design. 

Available at  http://www.etsy.com/listing/63092555/meet-me-at-the-duomo-tuscany

New product launch! Postcards from Venice, 'Venetian Jewel'

POSTCARDS FROM VENICE - A SET OF TEN 8.5" x 6" PRINTS 
"Beautiful color...otherworldly. Love it." -- Collector, Newport Beach.

TITLE: Venetian Jewel
St. Mark's Basilica in Piazza San Marco -- The Jewel of Venice. A celebration of color and detail from the Venice Collection. The prints are lovely affordable art print gifts ready for matting and framing.
You will receive 10 Fine Art Postcards with envelopes -- A fabulous alternative to the traditional HOLIDAY card to gift someone special. Lab printed on heavy card paper with glossy finish.
This 8x12" art print normally lists for $35.00.

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All images are also available as Fine Art POSTCARDS and NOTECARDS with envelopes. Please contact me for requests, including wholesale.
Visit my shop for additional work:
http://SerantoniDesigns.etsy.com 
Ships from USA ~ FREE shipping on orders within the United States
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New Work at Scottsdale's XANADU Gallery

Xanadu's Online Gallery now features six works from the Venice Collection ~

Bridge of Sighs, Intermezzo, Men at Work, Venetian Fairy Tale,
I Could Have Danced All Night and Juliet's Windowscape.
© SERANTONI Designs

View Online Gallery at:
http://www.xanadugallery.com/Art/ArtistGallery.asp?ArtistID=1316

Award-winning Fine Art Photographs available for Museum White Matte/Gallery Framing or as custom Gallery Canvas Wraps.

'Bridge of Sighs' received 2011 International PPA Photographic Competition Award and 
2011 Merit Award of Excellence. Chosen for prestigious Loan Collection of AZPPA - Professional Photographers of America.   

'Men at Work' received 2011 International PPA Photographic Competition Award and 2011 Merit Award of Excellence, AZPPA - Professional Photographers of America. 

View Online Gallery:


http://www.xanadugallery.com/Art/ArtistGallery.asp?ArtistID=1316

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or Contact mary@SerantoniDesigns.com for information on creating a customized Venetian Story Wall for Home Decor or Corporate Art.   © SERANTONI Designs

New Splash!

New splash page at
http://www.SerantoniPhotography.com/
~ Homage to Fim Noir.