en pocas pinceladas: retablo retórico
[by Javier de Blas in Majorca, Spain] The altarpiece in the church of Santa Eulalia, in Palma, is so rhetorical, that I can´t but record it in my sketchbook, next to a blank page that serves it as a breathing room. What would the parishioners have thought when they first met it? Honestly, Honestly, it made me feel […]
en unos pocos trazos: la roca y la torre
[by Javier de Blas in Majorca, Spain] The east side of the viewpoint Es Colomer does not produce the seductive vertigo of the cliffs that fall to the sea from the west, but there is a huge rock that fills your soul. That tiny tower, at the top, certifies its greatness.
en pocos trazos: como un enorme barco
[by Javier de Blas in Majorca, Spain] The Tramontana mountain range runs west of Mallorca from Sa Dragonera to Cape Formentor. The rock that enters by the west side of the viewpoint Es Colomer is like a huge and heavy ship sliding due to the inertia of braking. Impossible to convey the sensation on a […]
Búsqueda de cachalotes en el golfo de Nápoles
[por Simo Capecchi, Ischia, Italia] En septiembre fui amablemente acogido a bordo del "Jean Gab". Este hermoso cúter de los años treinta es el laboratorio flotante de Oceanomare Delphis, una asociación dedicada a la observación e investigación de cetáceos en el mar Mediterráneo y en el Golfo de Nápoles. Su misión es promover la conservación [...]
La Isla
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] On the south side of the Port of Mazarron there is a neighborhood called “La Isla” because of th little island there is in front of it. Between this island and the mainland, a few years ago a Phoenician shipwreck was discovered, wich was the oldest […]
Restlessness in the Mediterranean
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] The Mediterranean is generally calm as a bathtub, but sometimes gets angry. Today the wind pushes the clouds and the landscape seems to lose its peace. I am on the same coast as Barcelona, 600 km south. Maybe what is happening there influences me and I […]
Warm sunset
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] This is one of the times you are walking, then you feel the warmness of that shiny reflected light on the water, together with the gravity of the rocks, the density of the sand and you say, I can´t disregard this. My wife and dog carry […]
Faro de Mazarrón.
[por Javier de Blas en Puerto de Mazarrón, España] Es curioso cuando dibujas bajo las luces del atardecer. Cada color de tu dibujo parece mucho más oscuro, entonces, lo que pensabas que era una atmósfera de sombra se convierte en luz de día. De todas formas es bonito desafiar el poco tiempo que tienes desde el momento en que el cielo no es ni siquiera [...]
From the Bathtub. Mazarrón in Spring (2)
[Javier de Blas in Murcia, Spain] The Mediterranean is for me calm as a bathtub (although not always!). In 2011 I made a trip, drawing by several countries of the northern Mediterranean coast. Since then, every time I bring news of the Mare Nostrum (“Our Sea”), again I approach my blog, to tell you what […]
Desde la Bañera. Mazarrón, primavera 2016 (1)
[Javier de Blas in Murcia, Spain]The Mediterranean is, for me, a bathtub. In 2011 I made a trip, drawing by several countries of the northern Mediterranean coast. Since then, every time I bring news of our sea, again I approach my blog, to tell you what I have seen and drawn From the Bathtub (Desde […]