THE MASTER AT WORK, pastel

The Master at Work, pastel, 12x9 in.
This is a pastel painting of internationally known DJ Dan DeLeon, who can often be seen playing at the best night clubs in San Diego, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, in California, or in Shanghai, Singapore, Brazilia, or Barcelona, as his music takes him.

It was not love that Paul Gauguin searched in Tahiti, but paradise. He found in such luxurious vegetation, an explosion of colors...and the absence of temptation.
---It is a land, --he assured his friends-- where there are no snakes and no apples. For that reason, the women there are not dangerous. 

from Les Mots les Plus Drôles de L'Histoire, by Bernadette de Castelbajac.

Cauterets, France, watercolor

Cauterets, France. watercolor, 4.5x10" (12x25cm.) Available.
Guillaume is a Colombian-American sculptor who works out with his hands his feelings of love for his family. I recently saw his work at La Quinta Art Festival, near Palm Springs, in California. He struck me as a sensitive artist, who is happy with his work, and his work is beautiful, elegant, romantic, and honest. Check him out, at www.guilloume.com

Along the roads in Panama, watercolor sketch

Along the roads in Panama, watercolor sketch, 5x7" Available. Painted on the bus, going from Panama City to David, trying to capture the views along the road. I paint anywhere, everywhere, like Sorolla used to say: "to keep the hand warm".
This past weekend I visited La Quinta Art Festival, in the Palm Springs area in California. It is a wonderful event, with mostly good quality art. I also visited some art galleries along El Paseo in Palm Desert, and I found some of the art exhibited there of excellent quality, too. It was a rewarding and interesting experience.