Guarulhos, travel

Nocturne: Guarulhos airport, May, oil on card, 12 / 9.3 cm unavailable

Well, this above is the last of from the Chilean trip. The next trips are within Brazil, to Ribeirão Preto in the interior of Sao Paolo state, and to Recife, in the north-east.

In late September comes a three week stint in Italy: Rome, Orvieto, perhaps Puglia and Lucca.

Beyond that I am not sure. Chile has inspired me to visit more of Latin America, specifically Bolivia and Peru, but the Summer months (November to February) are wet then.

Ergo, I might find myself returning to Montevideo, and looking around Uruguay and Argentina. The main thing is to go somewhere which is sufficiently different from here for me to experience a "jolt", which means, principally, somewhere that isn't tropical.

Melancholy- Guarrulhos airport

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Melancholy- Guarrulhos airport, oil on card, 12.5 x 10.5 cm - available

All journeys from Brasil begin and end at Guarrulhos airport, a miserable place.

I am thinking that perhaps flying out of Brasil via Buenos Aires in future might be better.

Day: Guarulhos Airport

Day: Guarulhos Airport, oil on card, 9.3 x 12 cm- discarded

The final painting from my Easter trip to the Vale do Paraiba.

Night, Guarulhos Airport

Night, Guarulhos Airport, oil on card, 11.4 x 8.5 cm - discarded

The first of a run of paintings from my Easter trip to the Vale do Paraíba, which I shall post later this week.

I had a four hour wait for a bus at Guarulhos airport- a hateful place. But it is always soothing to paint.