Francesca Marina Palumbo - photo by Carola Lott

It is always privilege to watch an artist like Francesca Marina Palumbo evolve. We first discovered her work several years ago on a visit to her studio in Stanfordville.  At the time she was creating large somber paintings of attenuated faceless figures who inhabited a world of deep forests.     From there she went on to explore her interest in 19th century military history with works depicting Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. These monumental winter scenes recalled a time when “people travelled so far in such a vast land,” she said.  “It creates a very vulnerable feeling when you’re out there in the wilderness.”