Mural down the street

I noticed this mural when we first drove into town and have meaning to get some shots of it since. It was created by the local elementary school students. I think its great inspiration; the playfulness of the characters and the flattening of spacial planes. The way that the artist handles the space in the processional march image reminds me of a Diego Riviera mural. Fine indeed :)

Tres Torres- My home

I always end up doing this at the end of the trip, instead of the beginning. I guess its just my feeling of obligation to document the daily mundane things that don't photograph well. So this has been my daily life in Palma. My painting "studio", my "office" and my mint plant that has sacrificed so lovingly for the sake of oskar and I's appetite.

Day Trip to Lluc

Drove up into the West Coast Mountains of Lluc and Sollier where the highest mountain on the island is located (1445 metres). I can't believe that we made it up and down the windy roads with the old transporter that we are driving. We even passed a bus that had gone over the edge (pic above). Scary! The spanish authorities hadn't even cleared it away yet. I wonder when it had happened? Atleast we made it home safetly with some beautiful pics to share:)

Made it safetly to Palma, Mallorca.

I made it safetly to Palma Mallorca. I'm still alittle jetlagged, but other than that things are going well. I put away my clothes and set up my art work area. Already I've made 4 pieces, all smaller than usual. Its nice to change up the scale in which i work. I also got an email back from a store/gallery in Toronto that I'm going to have a show at in july, so i'm excited about that. I think that's made me get refocused on the artwork making.
Tomorrow I'll get to take a day trip to a different part of the island, probably up in the mountains. My boyfriend and I have an old transporter vw that we'll be using while over here. It's good to get from point a to b, but not very good at accelerating up the mountains. We'll be here for the next 6 weeks. The island is beautiful. We are staying in S'arenal at La Playa Palma. The earth is very dry and sand-like. Lots of cactuses and some how flowers manage to grow here.
Nothing really stands out quite like argentina yet. The produce is alright, nothing special, and i have yet to taste the cafe since I quit drinking it:(
Also the town that we are in is the German equivalent to Cancun for Americans. Its not quite the season yet, but there are almost as many germans as spaniards. yikes. Everywhere there is uber-this or beergarten- that. So this should be interesting...