European Street Scene Oil on Canvas By B. Nardini

 Beautiful oil on canvas rendition of a European City Scene. Very "X" and "Y" axis oriented, quite abstract but paints a picture clear as a bell. To me, the most interesting choice by artist B. Nardini is the offset placement of the lettering on the shop signs. Notice how all three are floating above their respective awnings, as if we are seeing this through the eyes of someone who is quickly glancing back over their shoulder, or perhaps through the window of a moving car. As if it's all jumping around a bit. Reminds me for some reason of when, in a movie, at the last split second of one scene you hear the sound of the next scene begin before that scene actually comes on the screen. People are sleeping in bed, then suddenly you hear the roar of a crowd over the last few frames of the people sleeping and THEN they cut to the visual of the roaring crowd. It's some sort of dove-tail editing trick that they teach you at NYU Film school for $75,000 a year. It's completely illogical and shou