Drawing of Cusco’s rooftops from the hills of San Blas
While wandering aimlessly through Cusco, Peru‘s hilly San Blas neighborhood, the choice is pretty much just up or down. We choose to wander up and up until we come across a...
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Drawings from a hike in Colca Canyon, Peru
I made these drawings in Colca Canyon, Peru while resting my very sore legs from our long but rewarding hike.
Drawing of Cusco’s Iglesia la Compañía de Jesús
The Jesuits of the 1600s sure knew how use a church to get all up in the face of others. Built to outshine the nearby Catholic church, La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, or...
Drawing of drinkers at a nameless Pisac bar
After a long, hot day spent exploring the old town of Pisac, Peru, I persuade Lauren to share a beer with me at a nameless bar. At the next table, four men laugh hard and loud...
Drawing of the produce women at the Sunday Pisac Market, Peru
There’s perhaps no more famous market in South America than Pisac’s Sunday Market. The touristy tchotchkes, fake alpaca scarves, and mass-produced blankets were not...
Hat tricycle shop – Art from Ollantaytambo, Peru
As we watched the sun disappear in quiet Ollantaytambo, Peru, one persistent hat vendor left their cart out in hopes of a sale. In the off season, no one came to buy. But when...
Sketch at Machu Picchu
After the intense hike up Huayna Picchu, and the harrowing rain-soaked hike back down, we got a respite of sunshine to sit and rest at Machu Picchu. So I drew it. Looking up...
A cebichería Sunday – Art from Lima, Peru
The thing to do on a Sunday afternoon in Lima, Peru is sit around eating ceviche and drinking cold cervezas. These three fellows lingered at El Muelle cebichería even longer than...
Elephant skin – Art from Thailand
Last night’s travel art show at cellSpace was a blast. It was interesting to see people’s reactions to art created on such a long trip, and also to hear their...
Gold foil and temple guardians – Art from Chiang Mai
View of Wat Phra Singh, chiang Mai, ThailandSOLD, mixed media on paper, 8″ x 10″ At first, Raja wanted to commission a drawing of rusting war artillery in Vietnam, but...
