They eat: our shared humanity.

Tenderness. Sharing food is important for Brazillians.

 

 I thought he might come over and assaut me at this point.

 

But in fact he was merely enjoying a Proustian moment.

 

And, fortunately for me, the needs of the stomach took precedence over honour.

My favourite: the chip resembling a moustache.

 Satiation. But is he happy?

A series of photos celebrating our shared humanity; part of an open-ended photo exploraration of Brazilians in their glorious diversity.

Two pictures - road-building; Chile

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Tarmac, oil on card, 12 / 14cm - unavailable

Tarmac, abandoned oil on card, 12 / 14cm - available

Part of the series tracing a new suburban development in Lagoa.

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I fly to Chile at the end of May: Santiago and Valparaiso. It is considerably cheaper to fly to Chile than to the North-East of Brasil, about half the price. I don't understand the air fares in Brasil at all: I suspect some sort of cartel.

A doleful afternoon- houses and yards

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A doleful afternoon, oil on card, 12 / 15 cm - AVAILABLE

The view from my bedroom: previously visited in http://tadeuszderegowski.blogspot.com/2011/02/houses-and-yards-seen-through-gap.html

This view is larger.

Rome

I had a delightful idea, to lift me from the torpor which is Brasil- go to Rome!

I often think of places to go, but none has lent me that instantaneous sense of delight that I need to get organised.

Perhaps I can fly there, visit some other cities too, Naples again, and the Amalfi coast, even cross to the Adriatic side and see Lecce.

I was in Rome less than a year ago, but not for long enough, and felt my work there was not as good as it should have been. But I also I felt that delerium that one feels on encountering a beautiful person too briefly.

But when I say in the car today, a devil visited me, and whispered to my torpor, telling me how the second meetings are too laden with expectations and invariably issue disappointment.

Oh go back to hell where you belong!

Douz market

Douz market (arches), oil on card, 11/ 9.5 cm  SOLD

This painting from Tunisia was sold today in Edinburgh via the Union Gallery, who hold about 30 paintings.

If you go there, ask to see the pictures as they are not always, or all, on display. It's near the top of Broughton Street.

The Mountain - Cambirela

The Mountain, oil on card, 13.5 / 9.7 cm  SOLD

Here I am again near Palhoça, paraphrasing Hokusai.

Part of an occasional series: the light on the mountain shifts subtly over a session, highlighting rigdes and patches of forest: very enjoyable to just sit and observe.

Containers

Containers, oil on card, 10 / 13.5 cm

Painted in the grounds of UDSC.