Pre-Christmas Sale

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PRE-CHRISTMAS SALE

All the pochades on this site are for sale, at 75 UK pounds (or equivalent in other currency) each- a 30% reduction. 

They make beautiful gifts, and if ordered now will arrive in time for Christmas.

Today's selection from the archives comes from Rio Grande do Sul, Chile, Santa Catarina and Bolivia.

 Livramento, a road in the country, oil on card, 13.5 x 15 cm, 2013

Above and below: both painted in Rio Grande do Sul, that strangest of Brazilian states, on a road trip to Uruguay.  

 Santa Maria, view of a street from Venancia Alves, oil on card, 15 x 15 cm

 Valparaiso, beside Parque Italia, oil on card, 14 x 13 cm, 2012

 Sao Jose, Rio Marum, oil on card, 18 x 17 cm, 2013

 Tall pines, Urubici, oil on card, 14.5 x 18 cm, 2013

 A tree in Praca do Bombeiros, oil on card, 14 x 16 cm, 2014

It's funny how one's perceptions change about one's own work over time 

When I had just painted the pictures above and below I feltthat I'd made a real breakthrough- in the first case towards a boldly Japanese, graphic style, and in the second, to a method of description with flattened perspectives and simplified profiles, not unlike the work of Herge, in Tintin books. With hindsight, however, neither seem as radical to me now as they then appeared; either because I have now absorbed their lessons, or because they weren't really as dramatically new as I had then imagined., anyway.

La Paz, street with newspapers, kisok and cars, oil on card, 13.5 x 16 cm, 2014

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Payment and postage

Payment is by direct transfer or cheque to  my UK or Brazilian bank accounts, or via Paypal.

 Postage costs an additional 15 pounds for up to four items.

 Allow up to 21 days for pictures to arrive, though often they come within 10 days.

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 Please contact me with any queries: Tadeusz598@yahoo.co.uk

 ...or call me on 0055 48 9967 3041. I am on Whatsup.

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Some recent photos from Montevideo and Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay

The fantastic old cars and buildings makes wandering round these wonderful Uruguayan cities feels like being in a Tintin book (say "The Broken Ear").

Montevideo is especially charming, with a fine selection of art noveau and deco buildings. The streets are well planted with mature trees and the cty is beautifully located with ready views of the sea. There are pleasant street fairs selling old books, bric-a-brac, paintings and jewellery. The atmosphere is unhurried and feels somehow like an English seaside town, and like many English seaside towns is rather in need of renovation in parts.

One of the things which is especially delightful about it is that tourism- which must constitute a major part of their economy- is so lightly mediated. In the UK, for instance, anything old has a little sign attached to it "teaching" the passerby all about it; nothing is left to chance, and before leaving any designated "tourist" premises, you are fed through some tiresome gift shop or other.

Service in Uruguay is generally good, in an old fashioned, unobtrusive way: the waters wear black and white uniforms as they should and don't attempt to make friends with you. The food is excellent too, and these things are very cheap.