Arrived at Popoyo Beach north of San Juan Del Sur on January 2nd. This is bliss compared to the Gong show of SJDS.
Right on the beach, swimming 4 or 5 times a day and loving everything about this place in spite of the water shortage. This painting was done just outside our Hotel room door, looking across the property to the Laundry house for the Hotel, the shadows from the Tamarin tree are too tempting, and suitable challenging to paint.
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 …
