Jon Lane, a painter from England walked into Barga back in 2003. He found himself some studio space and started working on a series of paintings (images here) about the light falling on the City and countryside around. In May 2004 he exhibited his finished paintings in a spectacular exhibition (images here) at the Comune Gallery and then he packed up his brushes and paints and (unfortunately for Barga) moved on.

There followed work in more Northern climes – paintings created in Venice and then exhibited in London and then he kind of disappeared off the “art radar” for a while.

This morning there was a blip on that radar loud and clear РJon has been living and painting in Morocco for the past year and is having an exhibition of his latest work bathed once more in Southern light Рin F̬s in Morocco at the Orientalist Art Gallery.