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09/14/2004: "Sunday"
This morning Pat and I went to paint out for the first time on this trip. We followed a small, winding road leading back behind a cemetary in Esperaza....up and up we went until we found Ellie and Suzanne sitting beside the other small roads....they had just set up to paint. The view was absolutely stunning from this vantage point.......mountains/hills, terraces with grapevines, stone walls, shepherd huts...
Gray haze may not sound great to some but this lent lots of atmosphere to the paintings..so peaceful and cool. Before noon the sun and light suddenly changed and there was a whole new feeling about the place. In that length of time I'd played around with a couple of gouache paintings.....one looked okay considering I had no idea what I was doing (hopefully not a happy accident)....at least Ellie C liked it. Pat painted two small watercolors and Suzanne completed a couple of oils....Ellie painted one watercolor and one oil.....Kaye stayed at the gite that morning and painted a few small pieces from the balcony.
We headed in to Esperaza a little after noon......time for lunch break again. John and Ellie had to prepare for the vernissage that afternoon.....
Altogether a happy day with one of my paintings in the collection of Ellie and Suzanne and Kaye selling work at the vernissage that afternoon.