Acrylic on gessoed hardboard, #1727 x 5'' - 2009
The photo study for this painting was taken in Ruitelan, Spain during day 22 of my trek on the Camino this past June. My walking day of 26,5 km was over and it was still very early in the day, before noon in fact. After dipping my tired feet in the cool stream nearby, I had lunch in the local bar. Upon exiting the premise, I spotted a stack of Coca-Cola crates sunbathing in the hot rays. The crate by the looks of it has been around for a while. The red is starting to fade out, it has a few scuffs and a tad dirty.....but how perfect for studying reds. I have a soft spot for tinted glass like in this shot.
Powerade, an electrolyte replacement drink bottled by Coca-Cola in North America, is also bottled in Spain, but as Aquarius. I drank some every day. Diet Coke is there known as Coca-Cola Lite and sports a shiny metallic label with red lettering (bottle to the right). At the bars, they would serve Coca-Cola from these mini bottles on ice with a wedge of lemon....ah!!!!!
I could probably do a series of paintings of Coca-Cola signs found during my 800 km journey. These photos are from a small village named Azofra on Day 8. Some tiny villages had very few public facilities, but there was always a bar.
The Camino, brought to you by the friendly folk of Coca-Cola!
Part of my solo show- Near & Far - October 16-30, 2009.
-SOLD
2 comments:
Delightful painting. Very interesting story. Thank you. I like how you talk about your paintings. I started painting as 50
while working as an aerospace buyer. I painted nights, weekends and holidays for a until I was retired. Then I could devote myself full time to my art.
Thank you very much Anita for stoping buy, leaving a comment and introducing yourself to me.
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