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| Mayor's Office - Stage One |
Our painting location on this day was in the middle of the town square in Isabel II, Vieques, Puerto Rico. It was sunny and 82 degrees with a gentle breeze. Ahhh, yes! The big old trees in the plaza cast pretty blue shadows on the pinkish concrete pathways. Most of the buildings were stucco in pastel colors and just as pretty as could be. This trip truly was a dream come true.
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| Mayor's Office - Stage Two |
The bright warm colors in the buildings and street were screaming to be painted thickly. Why don't we have pastel colored buildings at home? We seem to gravitate to white, grey, black, just like our winters! So despite a gnawing worry about transporting a thick, wet painting on a plane back to New England, I buttered on the thick color with wild abandon!
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| Mayor's Office - Isabel II, Vieques, PR |
There was a moderate amount of activity until mid-afternoon when school let out. At that point lots of (middle-school?) students were relaxing on the steps and grass, many of whom, I discovered were waiting for their rides. I was sorry that I hadn't brushed up on my Spanish before this trip. Several students stopped and asked questions; I couldn't understand them and they didn't speak English. One very animated young student marched over to another group of girls and came back with another friend, bilingual, who became our translator.
So sweet and curious...art is a universal language, as we still engaged with less dependence on words.
Here is a 40 second look at the spot from where I painted.
http://youtu.be/Qv5Jlc6oEeQ
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