This was an unexpected event I was lucky to come across, on the beach right in front of our hotel. Why she decided to lay her eggs in the hottest part of the day, in full sight of tourist and her natural predators, I don’t know.
There is lots of conservation efforts going happening now in Nicaragua. This Turtle is Pacific Green Turtle who deposits her eggs on the beach alone but the Olive Ridley Turtles return to the same beaches in the hundreds. Tourist swarm the beaches to watch this amazing sight much to the peril of the turtle population here. I think I am inspired to make a painting of this Turtle from one of my photos.
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 …
