Four Horns at Palau de la Musica
Four Horns at Palau de la Musica
Gary Kirkpatrick
Visit to the fallas workshops (with photos)
March 3, 2016 we visited the workshop area where the sculpture for Fallas are produced. These are made from foam over a wood frame. Each neighborhood Fallas contracts with a workshop to produce these creative and delightful sculptures each year. Except for a very few ‘small’ ones (small is human sized) all are burned around midnight on March 19 each year. The largest are around 25 meters/80′ in height. This industry employs hundreds of artists, carpenters and other skilled labor and brings in 800,000 people to Valencia each year. The streets are lively, filled with lights and stands selling churros and other fried goodies, mojitos (a mixed alcoholic drink) and of course beer and wine. The neighborhood fallas organizations have tents, lots of parties, and make paella on wood fires on the street. Some of them sell portions as fund raisers.
Fallas is the annual carnival in Valencia, Spain. For background information see https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/
Fabulous fireworks during Fallas, Valencia (video)
Fabulous fireworks during Fallas, Valencia March 5, 2016 from next to city hall. Enjoy!
Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace
Continuing with the Picassoesque themes, here two women embrace before a blue sky, under a pale moon.
Fallas 2016!- first photos
These are the first photos from Fallas 2016. Fallas is the annual carnival in Valencia, Spain. It is truly one of the wonders of the world. They erect hundreds of sculptures made of foam and wood (these days), some of which are 25 meters (75′) in height. There are daily booming fireworks more for feel than light, daily at 2 pm. At night there are more traditional fireworks in the parks. Valencia doubles in population for the event, which starts March 1 and ends March 19 every year.
In Rusafa, a section of Valencia, there are not only fallas’ (the statues) but also sound and light shows. Here they are installing the lighting.
Much more to come!
For background information see https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/
Couple Relaxing: Visit to Picasso
Continuing with the “Visit to Picasso” theme, this expands on the couple in the background in the original.
Visit to Picasso
Currently there’s an excellent exhibit of Picasso drawings at Banc Caja in Valencia. I did this painting afterwards.
Palau de la Musica– Section of the Band
This is based on a pen and ink miniature, with many elements of fantasy.
Pareja Enamorada/Couple in Love — Women Embrace 1 and II
Women Embrace 1 and II
This part of the “Pareja Enamorado con Amor/Couple in Love with Love” series explores the world of same sex love.
Women Embrace 1
Love takes many forms. We should not oppress it but encourage its flowering and deepen the bonds that hold us together.
Waiting for the Concert
Waiting for the Concert at the Small Hall in the Palau de la Musica, Valencia.
Continuing with the music and Palau themes, here I use a palette knife to dress the audience awaiting the concert. The Palau has a small concert hall in the basement. We listen to some local traditional Valencian music. Below the painting you will find a link to a video I shot at a local fair with some examples of the squeaky instruments we listened to. You hear them during the many parades you can see in the city.
