One Week in Atenas

Our art show last weekend went very well with my painting "Tranquilo" going to its new home at a cattle ranch not far from us. We'll be meeting sometime this week to discuss the show, what we want to do in the future, when to hold the next show and so on.

Our septic tank was overdue for a cleaning and that was an interesting process to observe. Now we know where the septic tank is located.

Yesterday, our gardener Byron was here and he finished up just as a storm moved in. The rain was quite intense with lots of lightning and thunder so he stayed until it eased off and he could get back up the mountain to his home. I hope he managed to hitch a ride because he was carrying a heavy, professional style weed wacker, a can of gasoline, and a backpack with his protective clothing in it (face mask, leather apron, harness for the weed wacker). In Costa Rica, a lawn mower would not work on the mountain sides.

As we were sitting outside, the power went off -  probably due to a circuit breaker being hit by lightning as we heard a "pop". We also felt a small earthquake. Our cat had zoomed off somewhere once Byron started working. Cat (that's what we call him) eventually came home once the storm passed but he was quite wet. Not much of a problem in a tropical climate as the rain is warm.

Since we were having a cold Asian noodle salad for dinner, the lack of electricity wasn't much of a problem and it came back on after a few hours.

One of my orchids is flowering - the scent is incredible and the flowers are weirdly wonderful.

Art in Atenas - My Contributions

Here are the paintings I will have on display at the "Art in Atenas" Gordon Balter Memorial Art Show.

Where: Hotel Colinas del Sol, Calle Boqueron, Atenas, Costa Rica (600m east of the high school gym, 100m east of the Roca Verde gate).

The show runs from Saturday, August 27 (2-7pm) and Sunday, August 28 (2-5pm), 2016. Hope to see you there!

"Moona Lisa" - 31.5"x31.5", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
Photo reference courtesy Pam Utton.

"Painted Lady" - 35.5"x35.5", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
Photo reference courtesy Linda Gorchinsky.

"Pork and Coffee Beans" - 31.5"x31.5", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
Photo reference courtesy Patricia Anne Jones.

"The Goat" - 31.5"x31.5", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
Photo reference artist's own.

"Tranquilo" - 35.5"x35.5", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
Photo reference courtesy Gloria Navarro-McDermott.

Art in Atenas

A reminder - if you are in the Atenas, Costa Rica, area on Saturday, August 27 (2-7pm) and Sunday, August 28 (2-5pm) please stop in at Hotel Colinas del Sol to see what seven talented Atenas artists will have on display.

This will be our second show and is being held in honor of Gordon Balter, our friend and the visionary who recognized there was a lot of talent in the Atenas area. He was the one who gathered us together and organized our first show.

Here is your invitation:

Atenas Painters Association Second Art Show

Put these dates on your calendar - Saturday, August 27, 2016, from 2pm to 7pm, and Sunday, August 28, 2016, from 2pm to 5pm - the Gordon Balter Memorial Art Show, at Hotel Colinas del Sol, Atenas, Costa Rica.

Gordon Balter was the visionary who recognized that the small town of Atenas, Costa Rica, had a lot of creative artists who should be brought together and encouraged to put on an art show. This we did in 2014 to great success thanks to him.

Gordon was also our good friend and neighbor.  So, in Gordon's memory, we artists have gathered together again for our second show.

This year, the featured artists are Al Alexander, myself, Harriet Sheppard, Jocelyn Farguhar, Sheila Nelson, Julianne Jones and Jan Yatsko. Our work is varied with no two artists doing the same kind of art.

We hope to see many of you at our show.

Art in Atenas

If you are in our town of Atenas, Costa Rica, on Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31, I hope you can attend the Atenas Painters Association art show. There will be six painters exhibiting, myself included.

Here is the information:

 

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