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Lines and Curves Lines
Drawing is about lines. You have straight lines, curved lines, and a combination of both. With line you begin reproducing what you see, then drawing what you imagine, then making something new that hasn't been seen before. Something must have snapped as...
Biography of an Artist Carlos Paez Vilaro
Casa Pueblo is one of the must see sights in Uruguay. The house is the art studio and home of one of Uruguay's most famous artists - Carlos Paez Vilaro. His biography calls him an abstract artist, painter, potter, sculptor, muralist, writer,...
Graffiti Steve
Steve is my age. He is standing on a ladder in work clothes scrubbing graffiti off pieces of slate glued to a concrete wall. We both agree it is a stupid place to put slate - stucco, or plaster painted, would make more sense. Still, vandals...
Sandwich bargains Construction site food vendor
Lunch is hours away but a foreman is already buying food for his troops before it rolls around A sale unfolds as I stand on the sidewalk in front of a construction site and watch sandwiches and sweets go into a five gallon bucket. A stooped figure is...
Construction Crane in Punta Del Este All the way from Europe
The crane must be fifty feet tall. " She comes from Europe," the man in the hard hat tells me as he walks over. "Que donde esta?" "Estados Unitos, Nuevo Mexico ...". He holds a small orange box in his hand with buttons. As he pushes buttons the crane...
Cleaning Shellfish in Punta Del Este Shells and Seals
This young man cleans shellfish he harvested earlier this morning. The shellfish are on the bottom of the bay and he uses a net to bring them up, a net weighted heavy that he casts out by hand, lets sink to the bottom, then wrestles up and into his small...
Car Accident on the Rambla/Montevideo Everyone was okay
There are car wrecks every minute, somewhere in the world. This is the first one that almost hits me. Taking a walk down the Rambla, this accident happens on the roadway at a spot I just passed. I hear braking,turn, and watch a white delivery van moving...
Pencil Museo/Ruta 1 You thought they were just to write with
The first stop on our day trip is a farm and museum off Route 1 that takes you from Montevideo to Colonia Del Sacramento through some of the best vineyards and cattle country in Uruguay. The Museo and farm are the creation of Emilio Arenas who not only...
Dog Whisperer/ Late Afternoon Leader of the pack
Surrounded by dogs, all on leashes, this long hair consults his map. It isn't certain whether this group is going on a field trip, going to relieve themselves, headed for a romp on the beach, or just following their leader, who holds their...
Tango at Two/Mercado Del Puerto In the marketplace
Tango began in the early 1900's in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Beginning in brothels, like American jazz, it was refined and adopted by middle and upper classes, cleaned up and turned into a respectable music and dance form. Dance competitions usually...
New Electric Service, Ciudad Vieja Every little improvement helps
On my way to a lavenderia, electricians are installing a new electrical service to the front of a residential/commercial building on Main Street. Like most of the homes in this neighborhood, there is a retail space on the bottom floor. Atop the...
Personal Pan Pizza/ Lunch at the Fair Nothing like an idea
There isn't anything new about pizza.You find it all around the world. What is refreshing about this pizza is that it is made outdoors, you watch the guys prepare it, the ingredients are natural, the taste is great, the price is a bargain. "What...
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