Montserrat - 15

9 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper
available at my Etsy shop

Montserrat - 14

8 May 2012 - Montserrat
10" x 8", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 13

7 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 12

6 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 11

4 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 10

3 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 9

2 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 8

1 May 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 7

29 April 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 6

28 April 2012 - Montserrat
10" x 8", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 5

27 April 2012 - Montserrat
10" x 8", acrylic on paper

California Impressionism exhibit at PAM



This weekend I visited the California Impressionism exhibit at the Portland Art Museum.  The exhibit is courtesy of the Irvine Museum.  Probably needless-to-say, the exhibit was well worth checking out (and more than once; I'll have to go back).  While there I also got to see the three Monet paintings on loan from a private collection, to add to PAM's own.  My heartfelt thanks to whomever it is who's lucky enough to own them to share them...

Montserrat - 4

26 April 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 3

25 April 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat - 2

24 April 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montserrat -1

23 April 2012 - Montserrat
8" x 10", acrylic on paper 

On one day during our visit to Barcelona the husband and I took the train out to Montserrat.  We rode the cable-car up to the Monestir de Montserrat, and from there we hiked up winding paths leading to the mountain peaks.  It was way cool.  I've been mostly painting views of the hike up rather than the spectacular views the paths eventually led to.  Part of that is because I'm apparently rather obsessed with paths, and also because I don't think my attempt at painting the panoramic views would do justice to them (I did try one, which I'll post later).  Here are photographs of some of the views, taken both by myself and my husband:

view from the cable-car

looking back at Monestir de Montserrat toward the beginning our hike

the view even higher up

another view

stairs leading down from the peak of Sant Jeroni, 1,236 meters (4,055 feet) above sea-level

in front of Hotel Miramar Barcelona - 3

22 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

in front of Hotel Miramar Barcelona - 2

19 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

park area in front of Hotel Miramar Barcelona - 1

18 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

We discovered this lovely park area (yet another one...) as we ended our wander about Montjüic, heading back down to the city toward our hotel.

Montjüic - 34

17 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montjüic - 33

16 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montjüic - 32

15 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montjüic - 31

14 April 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Montjüic - 30

13 April 2012
8" x 10", acrylic on paper
available at my Etsy shop