This decorative painted style, very popular in Buenos Aires, is called ‘Fileteado Porteño’, ‘porteños’ being what the inhabitants of Buenos Aires call themselves. The colourful style, with its painted swirls […]
Murals are trending in cities around the world right now. Mexico got a head start on murals. I’m fond of their modern-day murals which often contain the magic of the […]
Oh, it’s such a relief to get away from dad, he just talked my ears off!” My friend looks at me and says, “You are your father’s daughter.” Hmmm…. Anyway, […]
The first time I arrived in Toledo, the bus dropped us at the road below the city and we began a long magical trudge upwards through the winding medieval streets […]
In Bundi, India we were taken to a street of homes featuring altars of Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed boy god, above the door. According to a local all homes in […]
Most of the elephant art I’ve encountered has been in Asia where elephants have been part of daily life for eons. A carved elephant at U Bien Temple in Bagan, Myanmar. Painting […]
The Escher Museum in Den Haag, Holland has lots of opportunities to turn yourself into an optical illusion. Many of the illusions involve mirrors and tricks of perspective. An Escher […]
The unusual rock formations at Étretat on the Alabaster Coast of France have inspired many artists including Monet. Monet’s painting of this scene, painted early in the morning when the fishing boats were just […]
Chateau Gaillard, in the province of Normandy, is a ruin with a spectacular view. Despite being the next stop from Monet’s Garden in Giverny, I can’t find any reference of it being painted […]
Most cities have some sort of animal or flower to represent them. Brussels has the brussels sprout. It’s pretty hard to make a brussels sprout look good but here they have […]
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