Call For Entry - Art Show - International Andalusian & Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA)

 I recently saw a call for entry from the IALHA - you can see it here - and I decided to submit a painting.

For my model, I chose a photographic image of the PRE horse Eclipse XLII, owned by Ganadera AG/Andre Garnier, Costa Rica. I obtained permission from the photographer, Juan Sanchez, to use his photo as my reference. Juan also lives in Costa Rica.

So just what is a PRE horse, an Andalusian horse and a Lusitano? This article by eHorses Magazine explains it all.

One of the requirements for entry was to submit up to four high resolution images (500 kb or larger) of my painting. For this, I needed a professional photographer. Enter Walt “Stryke” Clayton - a photographer par excellence who lives in the Grecia area. A USA citizen, he was raised in Argentina and has done film work for National Geographic. Read his web page - it’s really interesting.

So this famous person came to our house for a photo shoot. Here he is setting up all his gear in the room where I keep my paintings and art supplies. Click to enlarge any of the photos on this page.

My photos had to include one of me with the painting, the painting itself and I decided on two closeups of my work.

Deadline is October, 31, 2020 and I got my entry in on time. The IALHA board will be choosing three entries from all the ones received, and then one final winner.

Eyes on Costa Rica and Weather Records - September 2020

During September, visits to this blog were received from the following 20 countries:

For all years, the total number of countries from which visits have been received remains at 130.

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The following is a summary of the weather for the month in the area where we live:

September was marked by a bit more rain and more rainy days than any previous month this year. The high, low and average temperatures were rather unremarkable. Though not a given, we can look forward to increased rainfall in October.

Click HERE to see our location relative to the Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea and capital city of San José in more detail. In good driving conditions on the fastest routes, we are about 1 hour and 15 minutes from the Pacific, 5 hours from the Caribbean and 50 minutes from San José. Generally, our temperatures year round are much more moderate than on either coast and tend to be marginally warmer than San José.

Note: Previously, I have expressed the amount of rainfall in any given month in both inches and centimeters (“CM”). The convention appears to be to express such amounts in both inches and millimetres (“MM”).