THE YARD GALVESTON

January 24th, 2009

The yard GalvestonSince Ike struck in Galveston on 13th September 2008, the yard of our house looks like a desert. I tried to make it look less sad that it actually is but still it wears a vague resemblance with what it was before.
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HISPANIC WOMAN ON THE BEACH GALVESTON

January 17th, 2009

nu.JPGShe was rather fat but beautiful, she was naked, she was alone on the beach on a warm December day on the Stewart beach of Galveston Tx. and she had a Hispanic look. Nobody saw her because it was a weekday and nobody ventures oneself on this beach since hurricane Ike. I passed not very far from her and I took a picture. Back home I decided I would put her on a canvass.

MARDI GRAS GALVESTON

January 16th, 2009

figures-012.jpgThe Park Board of Trustees opened a contest for Mardi Gras 2009. Artists are required to illustrate the determination of Galveston to celebrate Mardi Gras in spite of the troubles caused by hurricane Ike in September 2008. I applied and supplied a painting close to that one.

HER JEWELS

January 15th, 2009

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GALVESTONIANS FLEEING HURRICANE IKE

January 14th, 2009

fleeingike.JPGOn September 13th , 2008, hurricane Ike struck Galveston. Mandatory evacuation was decided but some people decided to ride the storm, they regretted it. My friend Buck almost drowned in his home and some people lost their life.

RED TIDE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

January 13th, 2009

Gulf of Mexico before the stormDuring summertime when the waters of the Gulf become very warm, one can see some sort of red algae developing at the surface of the sea, they are called the red tide and give to the sea a very reddish color.

GALVESTON MARDI GRAS

January 11th, 2009

Mardi Gras  concours

VOTOBAMA OR DIE

January 5th, 2009

obama.jpgBefore the election of November 2008, I made that picture of Democrat running candidate Obama, hoping he would be elected. I put the painting on the window’s sill facing the street and I took a picture that I sent to Le Figaro saying a local artist was thus encouraging the African-American candidate. They published the picture on their site. And Obama was elected.

REGATTAS

January 4th, 2009

Regattas in the Gulf
The bay of Houston is so big that ships rarely come off the coast of the island of Galveston. It is a pity we never see a sail off the island except the ones of Elissa once a year.
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BLUE NONSENSE

January 4th, 2009

Nonsense
Well, Ike was a non sense and nothing is blue anymore on the island and for a long time I am afraid