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I spent one winter month in Lima, Péru, the home of my wife’s family, and came equipped to paint. What I did not know was that Lima is cloudy and damp all winter and the light is flat and lifeless. Everything appears limp and grey without sunlight to embolden the colors and call out the shadows. I had spied this home on Calle La Paz—the Street of Peace–and its cyclopean crown of bougainvilleas and wanted desperately to paint it but no light, no shape equaled no painting. Then one day, my bride called to me that the sun was out so I hurried back to this house. Now, with sunlight, the flowers erupted in cascades of crimson and the shades of green proliferated. Now, the marigold walls of the house behind came to life and the old wooden door glowed. Now, I had a painting.

Oil on linen panel     8” X 10”

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View the Full Post]]> My wife was born in Arequipa, Péru, a mountain town that was formerly a hub of international trade. She grew up there for her first six years and spent many happy days in this house. It belonged to her tíos de cariño––her uncle and aunt of the heart––and to a cousin, all of whom are as dear to her today as then. Soon after we were married in Lima, we journeyed to this sun-washed city so that I might see where she was born and to meet her tíos. We explored the winding streets and the unique white lava stone buildings that claimed this mountain top but nothing was as special as relaxing here in the embrace of my new familia de cariño.

Oil on panel     8-1/4” X 6-3/4”

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