Oct 26, 2017

Oct 21, 2017

Schaefer Farms

My first try on the new Blick Premier watercolor paper (10x14"). Not disappointed at all, sturdy and great surface texture.

Oct 14, 2017

Phoenix

After rebirth from the dust, the home of Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Beira Alta, Portugal now shows a bright new face. Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese Consul in Boudeaux, France, lost everything after, against direct orders from Lisbon, he saved thousands of Jews from the Nazi claws by issuing them exit visas to Portugal. From there, many went on to the United States. Many people fought and worked tirelessly for a long time for this building to be saved from oblivion.
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Depois de renascer da poeira, a casa Beirã de Aristides de Sousa Mendes aparece finalmente com nova cara. Graças aos esforços e abnegação de muita gente que por muito tempo lutou para a recuperar. Sousa Mendes perdeu tudo e morreu indigente devido à sua humanidade. Contra ordens diretas de Salazar, ele salvou milhares de Judeus das garras dos Nazis quand ele lhes deu vistos de entrada em Portugal.

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15x20" (38x50cm), Moulin Du Roy paper 300lb, cp

Oct 11, 2017

Moínhos da Malveira – Portuguese wind mills

10x14", Arches paper cp. Many thanks to Jose Cunha for allowing me to use his beautiful photograph as a reference.

Henry the Navigator Park

                      New Bedford, Massachusetts. 10x14" Arches paper cp