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Travelogue: An Artist's
Journey
Robin Ann Walker's Trip to
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October 13, 2003
Our last day in Gela. I am frantically taking pictures,
well aware that this experience will never be repeated. I want to document
everything.
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These are my paintings.
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Judy's paintings - she did a few more that I
don't have pictures of.
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A popular scene for all of us, the village below
the hotel. This one by Judy.
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Peter's painting of the Magic Spring
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Some of Carol's finished paintings |
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These are Nasco's paintings "in
progress". He was quick to tell me that they are not finished at this point.
The one above right is of the church that was so often photographed and
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Three of Nancy's paintings. The one on the right
is the village scene most of us painted.
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Nancy's plein air painting easel and her travel
paintings. She vowed to do a painting a day in this format. Some of these
are studies for larger paintings she will complete in her home studio.
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Bill's painting of the village, in watercolor.
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Bill painted the church, too.
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Anna, her portrait of Nasco, and Nasco. She'll
have to finish this in London (her home).
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Michelle's painting from one of Valeri's photos
of the Black Sea. She did several others, but I didn't get good photos.
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We are all packing, but MIchelle is putting last
minute touches on her cow portrait. Several of us join in and add our
special brushmarks to it before somebody gets a nail and hangs it in the
hotel lobby. The only piece of art in the hotel, and a constant reminder to
the staff of our presence in Gela.
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Anna's landscapes in her classical style.
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These brightly colored symbolic paintings were a
surprise. They came from the painter we rarely saw, Kay.
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This is more Niki's personal style. It is the
gorge we visited, with an overlay of the shape of a woman's body. Beautiful!
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Niki paints the village.
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Valeri paints the gorge. He has included the
classical story of Orpheus, who is seen in profile on the right side of the
painting.
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Valeri's painting of the woman from Gela. He
researched local dress, and took the background from the pattern of the
blankets on our beds.
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Valeri helps us pack our paintings.
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It's Bill's birthday! Stevka signs the
"artist-made" card, with Carol and Nancy.
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Valeri, me, and Momchil, right before getting in
the van to head down the mountains to Plovdiv.
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