My very good friend, Loreto Aramendi, is a wonderfully talented organist who plays at the Santa Maria Basilica in the old part of San Sebastian. She also tours all over the world, offering organ concerts wherever she is invited to […]
A few more drawings of the lovely birds in my terrace… All drawings are coloured pencil and ink. Here is that pigeon I have to start on! (All originals and prints are available through author’s website. She is also happy to […]
As I sit drinking my morning coffee I am lucky to be able to watch birds come into my terrace to feed on bread crumbs we put out for them. They are your regular garden birds but all so pretty […]
These three Chillida Leku Sculpture illustrations were drawn from photos I took on a visit to this wonderful museum back in the summer of last year. I have invented the titles for each one as I cannot remember them and […]
Fourteen-year-old Amaia Bacaicoa Jones from San Sebastian has been keeping occupied during the lockdown by taking photos.
I wanted to draw a series of Cantabrian fish. The local ones that are so popular in the Donosti Aquarium (and also in the restaurants!). My first and probably favourite is the humble Anchovy, or not quite so humble as […]
Inspired by Chillida Leku, I have recently drawn some of my favourite sculptures of his, starting with what is without a doubt his most famous, the Peine del Viento, The Comb of the Wind. It stands at the end of […]
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