New Printer

The church at the salt flats. My latest watercolour also available as a print

Our printer expired a couple of weeks ago. The tecnico told us it was uneconomical to repair. For our limited edition prints it essential that we have a top quality inkjet printer so we have purchased a Canon Pixma Pro1. Not an expense we want at the moment but necessary as the prints sell well and we have an urgent order from a gallery in Granada to fulfill. Like our last printer the new one uses 11 colours and the inks are light fast.

Pastels also make good prints

I sell more original paintings on line than prints which puzzles us. Locally I sell few original paintings but my prints are very popular here. We think it is because when people can see their quality and how similar they are to the originals they realise that they are a good buy.

This oil painting of Los Genoveses prints well

This is the digital equivalent of the paper I use for my watercolours. I also sign and number them. As I scan or photograph all my original work the range of prints we can offer is great.
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Paintings sold this week

Bridge over the Rio Darro

I have sold these three paintings of Granada this week. The city is always a popular subject as it is so well known, visited by millions of tourists and home to thousands of international students while studying at its universities.

Plaza Nueva and Santa Ana church

The city is about two hours drive away but I visit it regularly because it is always a source of inspiration as there are so many subjects to paint in the old Moorish quarters of the Albaicin and Sacromonte and also in the magnificent avenues and squares of the proconquest city.

Cuesta Genil

The best times to paint Granada are in the Spring and Autumn because of the light and colours are at their best. In high summer the light is hazy and in midwinter the trees are bare and the shadows long.

Painting again

Maite Beltran

This is the first painting I have completed since I fractured my arm two months ago.
She was dancing the flamenco in Las Negras one night during Easter. Her name is Maite Beltran and she was performing with a trio including a guitarist and singer.
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Out of plaster

Sillas y pimientos

Yesterday the plaster was removed from my arm so after six weeks enforced rest I am looking forward to painting again. I am hoping to find for more subjects similar to the chairs and peppers. Not only have I sold the original of this painting but it has also received many favourable comments and prints of it have sold well. My paintings of similar subjects, little corners of farms and villages, have also been popular. I feel freshly inspired, I have enjoyed the lovely colours and the flora of spring and after Easter will be painting in ernest.
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Sales this week

Puerta Azul – Blue Door

This week I have sold two original watercolours to a collector from Almeria. I thought Puerta Azul would have sold before as many people have admired the painting and it has drawn favourable comments internationally from people who have seen it on line.

La Iglesia de las Salinas

The other painting is of the iconic church, La Iglesia de las Salinas by the salt flats near the Faro de Cabo de Gata. The church was restored last year. It makes a good subject to paint with the fishing boats and beach in the foreground.

Limited edition, signed prints are still available of these paintings

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Sales in Granada

Granada Cathedral and Capila Real

These three watercolours were sold in Granada city yesterday.

Acero del Darro

It has been very quiet in the city this winter. Fewer tourists and 34% of the population of the Provinces of Granada and Almeria are unemployed but perhaps trade is beginning to pick up.

Mirador San Nicolas in Autumn

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Paintings in Las Negras

Outside the bar

March is nearly here and soon more visitors will be coming to Las Negras. I have not exhibited any paintings here during the winter as, although the weather has been great and the place beautiful, there has been hardly a soul around.

My paintings in the bar

Time now though to display more work and I have hung six watercolours in the bar, Bahia de Las Negras. The bar is in an excellent location at the bottom of the main street close to the sea and my paintings go well with the decor. I will change around the paintings each month and my prints are also available here. Do pay it a visit.