LISA EN LAC DE GAUBE - watercolor in sketchbok

LISA EN LAC DE GAUBE , watercolor in my travel sketchbook - carnet de voyages.
This lake "lac de Gaube" is after the famous waterfalls "Pont d'Espagne", near Cauterets, France. Lisa   Marie Evans is a video artist who did a creative residency with me. At the end of her residency, offered a film in creative animation, presented at  the Bibliotheque de Cauterets. It was very well received.

LE CLOT, HAUTE PYRENEES, France, watercolor

Le Clot, Haute Pyrénées, France, watercolor, 9x12 in.

While resident artist in Cauterets, France, I was invited to paint plein-air in this beautiful place, with a group of beginner artists, including Theo, a 12 year old artist from the region. It is very interesting the way the French refer to a "beginner" artist, they are called: "artist en herbe" = "artist who has started to grow like grass" (at the ground level, I guess it means). Idiomatic expressions are always funny when translated from or to another language.

Le Clot is behind Le Pont d'Espagne, a beautiful waterfall in this region, up high in the Pyrénées.

Mon Pont d'Espagne

Mon Pont d'Espagne, watercolor, 30x20cm. Available: 180 Euros = $ 270 US. This painting is hanging at the Bibliotheque Municipale de Cauterets, France, as part of the show "De l'Emotion `a l'Image", until October 7. This is my version of a famous bridge over a  waterfall in this area of the French Pyrenees, which used to be part of the walking path to Spain in the Middle Ages. This was part of the Road to Santiago de Compostela. Today, there's a lovely restaurant, picnic area, and more walking paths, higher up to the Lake de Gaube. Spain is several miles higher up the mountain.
Mon Pont d'Espagne, acuarela, disponible. Esta pintura esta colgada en la Bibliotheque Municipale de Cauterets, Francia, parte de la exhibicion "De l'Emotion `a l'Image", hasta el 7 de octubre. Esta es mi version del famoso puente sobre las cascadas en esta zona de los Pirineos franceses, que solia ser parte del camino a Espana en la Edad Media. Esto era parte del Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Hoy hay un restaurante, zona de picnic, y mas caminos hacia arriba hasta el Lago de Gaube. Espana esta varios kilometros mas arriba por la montana.