Viejo Almacén, General Store

Viejo Almacén, dip pen and ink and watercolor, 16x5in

This is an old general store in the middle of nowhere. It`s the only group of buildings at the crossroads of two unpaved roads. It must have been a busy intersection around 1900. I saw it one day late in the afternoon and I returned in the morning to draw it. The ladies that live there were very kind and told me what they know about the buildings.

Corpus Christi, Misiones, Argentina

Dip pen and ink and watercolor, 9x12in.

The town of Corpus Christi  is the site of a Jesuit Mission founded in 1622. The main square is quite lovely and the buildings sorrounding it look like from another era. The large polish population of the area is very proud of the canonisation of John Paul II and they placed big posters with his image outside many churches. Pope John Paul II was an outspoken opponent of the death penalty. 

Dip pen and ink and watercolor, 16x5in.