I recently returned from a painting and photography trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. On July 7th I met an artist friend of mine, Fran Ellisor, in San Antonio and we traveled by car to Mexico. Our plan for this trip was to stop at some interesting looking villages and small towns that we had seen from the main highways on previous trips. We were able to photograph many interesting sites, such as a flower market in Matehuala, an old hacienda in La Villelia and interesting people we saw along the highway. As always the people were friendly and we had a delightful and safe trip.
We spent a week in San Miguel photographing the beautiful old colonial city. We had arranged to meet several other artists there and were able to paint on location at the church in Atotonilco, the panoramic view of San Miguel from the hilltop as well as the wonderful view we woke up to every morning from our hotel balcony. The climate in San Miguel is almost perfect anytime of the year. We enjoyed weather in the 80's every day and since we were there in their rainy season we had a brief shower almost every afternoon, but it left us with clean streets and clear blue skies the rest of the day. The surrounding landscape was greener than I ever remember seeing it, and the bougainvillea and other flowers were beautiful.
Many of the scenes we were fortunate to view will become material for future paintings. Look for new work to be posted to my website soon.