Sunday Supplement: Half a dozen not so new paintings, by JD

When I was trying to tidy up my files in this computer I found lots of old paintings and drawings hiding in remote dusty corners. It has been interesting sorting them out and realising how many there are and a lot of them I had forgotten about plus more than a few of which I have no recollection of producing. But that doesn’t matter, I have selected half a dozen which are posted below together with a few words about each.

1) This is a representation in acrylic paint of the San Bartolomé Hermitage in the Cañón del Río Lobos. The view is from inside the la Cueva Grande, the largest of many caves in the valley. If you wish to compare the painting with the photo on which it is based you can see it here - https://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com/2022/05/colour-supplement-canon-del-rio-lobos.html

2) The painting shown here is of a view a few hundred yards from my house. As you can see it is a snow scene which means it was a few years ago, we haven’t had snow like that for a long time and I hope we never see it again! The painting is now hanging on my friend’s wall in Madrid.

3) This is one of the pictures mentioned above. I have no idea when or why I did it and it is no doubt lying around somewhere in the house. It has a title of ‘Salon’ so I must have known its origin once upon a time.

4) This one is a puzzle to me because I have no idea how I got that effect. It might have been acrylic paint or it might have been the result of messing about with the ‘paint’ program in the computer. The view is somewhere in the back streets of Valparaiso and they really are as steep as they look, one of the reasons the city has 17 cable cars.

5) This one is watercolour and is a view of nothing in particular. It started as something else but as it progressed it became a sort of ‘make it up as you go along’ It looks very ethereal now.

6) A tree. I like trees. I have painted lots of trees some I can see from my windows, some I see on my travels and some are imaginary.