Real experiences – this is what inspires me. The connection with travel and painting for me is similar to the relationship between bread and butter in western cuisine or like “Gallo Pinto” rice and beans in the Nicaraguan food experience. One of the great cultural and gastronomic pleasures of travelling to Nicaragua is eating at the iconic street stalls known as fritangas. The Nicaraguan fritangas specialize in home style Nica food including gallo pinto, carne asada (grilled meat), plaintain tajada (green), Frito, ( fried ripe plantain) and Moduros ( sweet plantain), yuca, queso frito, tortilla, and cabbags salad are staples at most fritangas as well as a host of other delicious foods, depending on the fritanga. I love it all.
I am constantly reinventing the way I describe my obsession with the travelling brush – this painting capturing the commotion of one of the most popular fritangas in Leon, illustrates perfectly my experience of all my senses, as I paint on location. I am absolutely addicted to the adrenaline rush of painting in these chaotic settings, trying desperately to stay focused on the subject presenting itself to me on this particular travel day. The painting takes me about an hour and a half – not including eating time … mmmm so delicious!
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 …
