Believe Granada - Be Live!

I'm playing with QR codes and lino printing :) More later. Anyone reading here who doesn't already know: Impresiones Gigantes auction (with live entertainment) is this Friday, May 17th. www.impresionesgigantes.com

Why is good art more difficult to sell than shit art?

Why is that?

Impresiones Gigantes 2

Exhibition from May 7th. Colegio de Arcitectos, Plaza San Augustin. Granada.

A print from each artist will be sold to raise money for charity. Other prints will be available from international artists.

Impresiones Gigantes

Springtime in Granada.

Or, is it already summer? With temperatures hitting the 30's regularly now the streets during the afternoon a far too hot for anything. Siesta needs to be accommodated. Working hours have to be adjusted. As an artist you can't waste time if you want to make it work. This means working/selling outdoors from 10am -2pm. Lunching and administration, organising and generalising from 2pm - 6pm. This is also studio time. From 6pm onwards it is back to the streets. Nor uncommon to find me still out selling in the early hours during summer. Relying mostly on passing tourists as I do, summer is time to save cash to get you through next winter. Hopefully.

Here's a washy coloured sketch that got wet (someone spilled a bottle of water on it). Stuff gets ruined on the streets. You have to accept that.

Easter Sunday in Sunny Spain.

Those who only know Granada in summer will struggle to believe these photographs. Although, it can rain BIG in August also.

I can't remember the last dry day we had here. The rain has been relentless and the forecast still looks horrid. After a 20 minute cloudburst this afternoon the drains finally popped. Full of everything the drains of an old, small city can expect when the population more, or less doubles for Semana Santa. Not pleasant!

Contact details.

(34) 689 744929

johncolley@hotmail.com

I think the bats have gone back to bed.

And, who can blame them?

Not sure where the swallows went. Seems like 10 days of relentless rain. Not been able to work, so here is a photograph from a very wet London 10 years ago just to remind me that things could be worse weather wise.

The Bats are Back.

A single swallow does not a summer make.

That's OK - I saw at least 10 today. On the second weekend of March every year, without fail, someone flicks that big switch. Summer is coming back :) For someone who spends almost every waking hour outdoors this is important.

The bats are back and they know stuff we don't!

Paseo de los Tristes.

Granada in the rain.

Murals.

Sketched directly on your wall. I enjoy these.

An old one and contact info'

689 744929

johncolley@hotmail.com

Sketches, photographs, paintings etc can be ordered online and sent anywhere.

NYE. Oasis backpackers.

Preparations begin!

It's fun here. Highly recommended.

Granada.

Nothing has been moved.

Backpackers in Granada...a word of caution.

There are good hostels. Regulated hostels. Oasis is exceptionally good value, and a very nice place to stay.

Rambutan is run by an evil witch who will try and play with your mind. It isn't a very official place. It is shit actually. You have been warned! Do your research.

i.e. Don't trust anyone at Rambutan. Don't even go there.

Why are bus stations always so seedy?

I'm moving...

Back to the land of...

I don't particularly like Alhambra beer, but I can't find any other brand on sale at 8 in the morning in Granada.

¡Feliz Navidad!

View from a window looking into a cafe on Calle Corredera Baja de San Pablo.

Think I may be late for Christmas again this year. Might even pass me by again. Although, I have to say this is a fantastic effort at the cost of much table space. Looks a bit surreal. Granny isn't walking through a nativity set in a giant aquarium, she's just inside a cafe with plant pots in the window sills.

The Loberation Libster Front!

These things were moving in SuperSol.


Am I being too English?





Friday (about 5 and a Half years ago).

Will anybody please pay me to paint? I have done enough sketching for the time being.