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Santa Maria della Salute commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.

I took a cruise this past year and Venice was one of the port of calls. Inspired by my trip, I tried my hand at architecture and scenery. It was done on canvas using Acrylics.

The original is no longer available.

The inspiration for my art work comes from my love of Rock 'n Roll. Specifically, Led Zeppelin. You could say it has been an obsession since I first saw them back in 1973. My work first came out back in the late 80's using wood as a medium, in many instances making three dimensional paintings using a router and other carving tools to give depth to my work. For my own enjoyment I started doing 3-D album covers, doing a wide range of artists. Culminating in my Physical Graffiti cover. After seven months of carving each brick and building out the fire escapes etc., I was exhausted on album covers. Yet not wanting to give up on the wood working aspect, I turned my attention to ship building. First the Titanic, which got me a spot...