Biking View

"Biking View"

9" x 12" Oil on canvas

#20122018

This little painting is of a beautiful view of the Spanish countryside. I painted it from a photo my husband or I took on a beautiful blue sky day while on a pedal bike trip. The memories this painting evoke are wonderful.

Holiday Sketches while biking in Spain (#3)

 

I loved and drank a lot of beer on this holiday. It was so great the locals have beer or wine with EVERY meal. I did not quite do that but especially enjoyed the beer on our bike stops. These are labels Bruce pulled off for me...seems he has a talent or is it the challenge?

These two pages are a compilation of some of the things I enjoyed while riding in the countryside. Wild poppies and flowers growing in between the rock walls "Wild [poppies on the edge of raodways and fields dancing in the sunlit breeze. Poppies waved and bobbed as we happily passed on our bikes." 

Holiday Sketches in Pollenca, Spain

More photos of my sketch book during our Spain cycling holiday with 3 other couples. Some days it was just notes or writing and other days it was more art than writing.

This sketch is across 2 pages of the house that we rented. It was perfect for the 8 of us.

I left this matted water colour ink & water colour painting as a thank you to the owners with a card everyone signed.

Holiday Sketches - Palma de Mallorca, Spain (1)

We flew from Gatwick Airport to Palma de Mallorca Spain to meet up with our friends to begin a pedal biking holiday. We met up with Shelly and Art and walked over the town enjoying a supper of tapas and great beer at an outdoor restaurant. The next day we walked all over and ran into Laurianne and Chris before heading to meet Christine and Bruce at the bus depot to head to our rented house in Port de Pollenca, a beautiful 4 bedroom home (Casa Vieja) for the 8 of us.

I kept a travel diary with sketches of things that I enjoyed or was intrigued with as a reminder of the trip when I get home. I also kept a small journal with me to record any live people sketches on my travels.

Memorable Spanish Lunch Stop

This painting is based on a very memorable day biking in Spain. We biked away after a wonderful lunch complete with a JUG of Sangria. The day was serene until the moment hours later when we realized we had left a backpack on one of the chairs at the outdoor restaurant. The backpack had nothing of value except one passport and we were flying home the next day!

After returning our rental bikes, breaking the handle on the suitcase trying to get to the train station on time (to go back to the town with the backpack), missing the train then having to take a cab over an hour away, the backpack was retrieved and we got back on the train to get to Barcelona to start the journey home to Canada. Needless to say, neither of us has enjoyed Sangria since then.

Memorable Spanish Lunch Stop

16" x 20" Oil on canvas

#20026118

Where Poppies Bloom

"Where Poppies Bloom"

11" X 14"   Oil on canvas

#20001457

There were beautiful poppies beside the old rail beds that were turned into a cycle/walking route through Spain. I loved the contrast of the new blossoming flowers with the very old stone farm houses and buildings.