Sam's sister in Paris

Sam's sister in Paris, watercolor, 7x5" (17x12 cm.) In May 2009, I was sitting in the Trocadero Gardens in Paris quietly sketching and painting small watercolors, when this young man approached me and asked me if I could paint a portrait of his sister with the Eiffel Tower behind her. I agreed and this is the watercolor he happily took home with him.
En mayo del 2009, estaba yo sentada en los Jardines Trocadero en Paris, pintando en silencio mis acuarelas, cuando este joven se me acerco y me pidio si podia pintar un retrato de su hermana con la Torre Eiffel detras de ella. Estuve de acuerdo y este es el retrato que Sam se llevo.

A month or so ago I visited the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany, due to their special Joan Miro exhibit. I wonder how much he must have enjoyed painting his "oiseaus", birds, and his "etoiles", stars. Some other fun paintings of him are his "Catalan man playing the guitar", and "Le Gentleman", which is really funny with the word "Yes" in the painting, which makes the man really English speaking, and not a "senor" or a "Monsieur". Most of his abstracts have short titles, like "painting" for example, except one whose title is: "The serpent of poppies training on a violete champ peopled with lizards in mourning." Now that is creative!
Hace poco visite el museo Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, por su exposicion especial de cien trabajos de Joan Miro. Me pregunto cuanto se habra divertido Miro pintando sus "oiseaus", pajaros y sus "etoiles", estrellas. Otras de sus pinturas muy divertidas son: "Hombre catalan tocando la guitarra", "Le Gentleman" es realmente graciosa con la palabra "Yes" en la pintura, para que el hombre sea un "gentleman" y no un caballero o Monsieur. La mayoria de sus abstractos tienen titulos cortos, como "pintura" por ejemplo, salvo uno que se llama: "La serpiente de amapolas entrenandose sobre un campo de violetas poblado por las lagartijas en duelo". Eso es creacion!