The Start of a Blog

Did you know blogs were mainstream by 2005? Well, I’m about 20 years behind the times but I thought I’d start a blog to share ideas, stories, and probably paintings, things that are too much writing for a newsletter. Let’s see how it goes.

If you’re new to me, I’m Calina Franzosa and I paint soft, calm, quiet landscapes.

My life is a little crazy. I’m married to a wonderful man, who is in the Marines, which means we move every three years. I like to say “The Marine Corps moves us places and I create beautiful things wherever we go.” You have to be flexible when you have no say over were you go. Right now we live in Alexandria, VA. Before this we were in San Clemente, CA, before that Beijing China, and before that Monterey CA. Each place influenced my work.

I also travel a lot both for work and for fun. For work, I travel to paint in new locations, for plein air events, and for workshops. I love exploring a new location and finding beauty in the things people walk by every day. I want my work to cause people to pause, slow down, and appreciate the beauty around them.

While I love to paint outside I also have a studio at The Torpedo Art Center, in Alexandria, VA. I’m in studio 340 on the third floor on the right. Come see me.