Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley

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Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley

 watercolour, A3 SOLD

Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley - detail 

Salento, December 30, 2022- a view across a valley - detail

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Salento, 27 December 2022

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Salento, 27 December 2022, watercolour, A3

Salento, 27 December 2022 - detail

Salento, 27 December 2022 - detail

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Salento, a valley

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Salento, a valley, watercolour on paper, c. A3

Salento, a valley - detail

The landscape is vast, uncompromising and rich, and painting it can seem a hopeless task, like fitting a whale into a handbag.

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Salento, morning, 24 December 2022

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First the sketch...

Salento, morning, sketch, 24 December 2022, watercolour, A5

...then the larger picture...

Salento, morning, 24 December 2022, watercolour, A3

Salento, morning, 24 December 2022 - detail

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Salento, mid-afternoon

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Salento, mid-afternoon, watercolour on paper, A3 

Salento, mid-afternoon - detail

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The first from Yambolombia Hostel, near Salento, Colombia

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From Yambolombia Hostel,  Salento, A5 sketch, watercolour

The sketch allows me to get into gear.

From Yambolombia Hostel,  Salento, watercolour, A3

From Yambolombia Hostel,  Salento, A3, watercolour- detail

These are the first from the splendidly sited Yambolombia Hostel, near Salento. 

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A Journey round Colombia and Ecuador

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December 2022 to February 2023: 

journeys in Colombia and Ecuador

 

 

 

Colombia and Ecuador

 

 

 

This trip is only just being sketched out: so far, I know I fly into Medellín.

 

 

 

 

Map showing Medellin to Bogotá via Manizales  and Ibagué.

 

 

 Then, I think I take the bus from Medellin to Bogotá via Manizales,  Pereira and Ibagué. Maybe also Salento?

Next, I fly from Bogotá to Quito.

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 In Ecuador I make my way down to Cuenca by bus: from there returning a couple of weeks later.

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I'm travelling light. And I'm taking watercolours, a medium I haven't used for over a decade.

 

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