My fourth Peru trip- Arequipa

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Arequipa, gardens, oil on card, 22 x 25 cm  unavailable

This was painted from Ponte Grau or the park by Avenida Bolognesi.

I had an idea of painting more of the gardens here- they are rather formal, with a somewhat fussy planting.

Arequipa is a civilised place, good for reading and lunch, and necessary as a stop off before heading into the mountains. The light is often rather hazy, especially this time of year, and not much fun for painting.

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This January...Peru- around Arequipa, carriers

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Map from The Rough Guide to Peru (2012)

Peru- A fourth trip- around Arequipa.

The cheapest and also most enjoyable prospect to escape the summer heat here is to go back to Peru. Ecuador is remarkably costly to fly to. I also looked at Bolivia and it also is notably more expensive to get to.

So this time, I propose to re-visit several places down in the south of the country near Arequipa to and add one or two new ones. I fly to Arequipa, then bus up to Cotahuasi where the landscape- a splendid valley- beckons. I also visit Chivay and Cabanaconde to see Colca Canyon. 

Then I return to Arequipa, thence onto Juliaca and Puno.

I`ve been to Arequipa and Puno but not of the other places. It`s reassuring to include which is familiar places on the itinerary.

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Carriers

The pictures all will be the larger- c. 20 x 22 cm - size. When I work on this scale I need take fewer carriers because I can paint a maximum of two such pictures per day. The paintings take up to a week to dry and after a week I can pack them together liberating carriers for new paintings. 

The long and short of all that is that I shall need to take only about 20 carriers for five weeks travel- this saves considerably on packing space.

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A visit to southern Peru; Arequipa; conclusions

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 Arequipa, Puento Bolognese, oil on card, 16 x 14 cm unavailable

 Arequipa, Calle Melgar, 14 x 18 cm unavailable

 Arequipa, Beateria, oil on card,15 x 16 cm  NOT FOR SALE

This, above, is one of the more successful of the paintings.

 Arquipa, a mendicant, oil on card, 18 x 15 cm   AVAILABLE

Arequipa, a garden, oil on card, 17.5 x 16 cm  unavailable

This is the final set from Peru: five pictures from Arequipa. This group is less coherent than the Puna set, though If i'd spent more time there perhaps it would have become more so,

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Conclusions

This southern Peru set is strong. It augers well for the next long trip- to Ecuador sometime between Christmas and March.




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