Category: Art
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Drawings from the Palau de la Musica set to Oscar Navarro’s “Arce de Noe” (video)
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Miniatures and sketches from Istanbul
Istanbul has had its moments of beauty and grandeur. You can relive a bit of it’s heyday in the Hagia Sophia, the Archaeology Musem and the Topkapi Palace.
Topkopi Palace (mini, acrylics) [wpecpp name=”Topkapi Palace” price=”50″ align=right]
The Topkapi Palace, home of the Sultans, his harem and the eunichs since circa 1450:
Topkapi Palace Entrance (mini, acrylics) 
Topkapi Palace Courtyard (mini, acrylics) While we waited to get into one of the rooms at the Palace (we thought it was the main entrance, but we’d already passed it. It was just one of the rooms!) I sketched a section of the lovely old wall.
Turkish woman in bus:
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Drawings from Tallinn, Estonia
September 2015
We visited the capitol of Estonia, Tallinn, for a week. We’ve become fans of this small city of a small country just 200 kilometers from the Russian border.
At Fat Margaret Square in Tallinn [wpepsc name=”At Fat Margaret Square in Tallinn pen and ink A3 11.5 x 16.5″” price=”250″ align=”center”]
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Giethoorn miniature paintings
This small village is thick with canals, 180 foot bridges and brick houses with thatched roofs, making for picturesque scenes at every turn. It was founded by Franciscians circa 1200. Now 2600 people live there. We took a boat through the canals. Here are my favorite spots. All are miniatures, approximately 4″ x 6″. The watercolors are on post card stock.
Giethoorn Two Houses – watercolor on post card stock A6 approx 2″ x 4″ [wpecpp name=”Giethoorn Two Houses” price=”50″ align=”center”]
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Giethoorn, 3 bridges post card A6 approx 2″ x 4″ [wpecpp name=”Giethoorn, 3 bridges post card A6″ price=”50″ align=”center”]
Giethoorn, Boat Nears Bridge, watercolor A6 approx 2″ x 4″ [wpecpp name=”Giethoorn, 3 bridges post card A6″ price=”50″ align=”center”]
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Sketches of the Dutch
Here are some drawings and sketches of the Dutch.
Drawings:
Young Dutch Man (pencil) 
Rembrandt in Hat (from a self portrait) ink 
Dutch Man (pen and ink) 
Dutch Girl on Train Sketches:
Woman in Bar, Zaandam (mini) 
Dutch man 
Detoog Eet Cafe- man taking bite (mini) 
Cheers (mini) -
Jazz Singer, painting
Jazz Singer, acrylics, A3, 16.5 x 11.5″
I was inspired by her natural warmth and the way she connected with her audience, which I hope I captured.
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Tall Ships 2015: Miniatures Paintings and Drawings
[Every 5 years 3-5 masted sailing ships, most of them training vessels, come to Amsterdam. We sat on the side of the North Sea Canal where I sketched. And ate pofertjes! (Small pancakes). Here are my drawings and paintings from that event.
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Cats!
One of my favorite topics! Here two kittens play in the botanic gardens in Valencia.
Kittens Play (sold) pastels 
Cats Long –pen and ink (sold) 
Black Cat Reading (sold) water color 
Cat in the Leaves 
Cat Reading Red Book -
Paris drawings
These are pen and ink drawings together with water colors from our time in Paris. Some are from Courbevoie, famous for the impressionist paintings done on ile de la Jatte. I spent a lot of time meeting with friends at Bar de la Gare and Cafe Bert in Paris.
Pastisserie 2 
Pastisserie 1 
View from Our Place 
My Hat in Bar 
Table Talk 
Petit Glouton 
Paris Wine Show 
Parc de Courbevoie` 
Canal Bridge 
Coffee in Bar de la Gare, Courbevoie 
Bridge From ile de la Jatte 
Friend’s house 
Metro 
Metro Entrance 
Tours de Notre Dame Bar 
Scooter 
Loraine’s Place, pen and ink -
Music related drawings
Bass fiddler 
