The air is fresh in Leon after what was a torrential rain fall last night. The hotels open courtyards and ceramic roof created a thunderous ensemble of echos and clatter of epic proportion … lasting only 10 min. Enough to clear the air and give a sweet smell of wet pavement for my morning painting. Not much to say about this piece – I am not that happy with the composition it kind of grew on me until it was kind of split into the horrible middle distant vantage point that I promised myself I would stay clear of…. bad habits die hard I guess. The real challenge of middle distant vantage points is that shapes tend to all become the same size and flatten the sense of space. I don’t hate this painting but I feel if I post about; writing it down will help me not to be so stupid tomorrow. On the positive side I did choose a nice location – and in fairness to myself the roads were a bit wet and I was attracted to the amazing reflections on the road. Naturally as soon as set up my easel the skies opened and dried the roads in seconds.
Pueblos Mágicos, what an amazing way to break in the new year with the Travelling Brush. We had a small group of artists for this very unique art trip to of some of my favourite places in Mexico. Our group arrived January 3rd, starting our tour in this amazing Capital, if you have never been to Mexico City, there is a heap of cool things to see and do including some world class museums. Our first day included a visit …
I was attracted to this high vantage point because of the challenging perspective; as I painted I learned about Dubrovnik from the perspective of two locals caught in the daily riggers of mass tourism. Our painting group arrived in Dubrovnik after a beautiful drive down the coast from Split with a short interlude into Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to cross the Neretva River, along the famous 16th-century Ottoman bridge. Stari Most Bridge connects the two parts of the City …
I am lucky to have the opportunity to travel as much as I do and feel very fortunate to be in Croatia at this time, to explore such a beautiful country and discover my heritage. Once my group is on their way, I get the chance to visit the city of Rovijn in the Istria peninsula bordering Italy, and one of the first towns to fall to the Venetian empire in the 11th Century. Attacked several times over the next …
