Seduced by China!

Well before I could actually get on with the Memories of Vanuatu series China has taken over my mind! I think I will try to create a little balance between the 2 countries and work on them side by side. I want to thank Gabrielle Cordioli for his magnificent transformations of my art to vector diagrams. He did a fabulous job on the Impressions of the UAE" series. I now want to learn the process of turning my art into vectors, as Gabry has done. Santa kindly authorised a download of Adobe Illustrator and I am now embarking on a new learning curve! When will it stop! Have decided to work from B&W drawings and put the colours in later for some of these Chinese drawings. Here is the first and it is based on the Chinese Opera masks. It is not perfect and I am sure there will be some further renditions of this theme.

Memories of Vanuatu Series

Since completing the Impressions of the UAE series I have decided to work on some "Memories of Vanuatu". We spent a year in Port Vila in 2006/7 and it was a wonderful warm and happy place to be. Lots of swimming, snorkelling and friendships that will last forever. Here are the first 2 pieces of my memories of those happy times - more to come soon!

The first is called "Flippin Out in Vanuatu"

This one is "Harbour Swim"