Día de los Muertos Forget about Christmas. (Don’t really. I still love Christmas.) Día de los Muertos is the most beautiful and welcoming holiday on the calendar. In Mexico, it’s a national holiday. School is out. You have the day off work. Take that Halloween! Like all great celebrations, there is pageantry, traditions, and a warm …
Corona de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe The Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish is the heart and soul of Puerto Vallarta’s El Centro. It dominates the skyline and is one of the great symbols of our community. Nuestra. Our. The Mexicanos are an inclusive people. This beautiful icon belongs to all of us. Nuestra. It’s like …
Definition: When a whale leaps partly or completely out of the water, head first, and lands on the back or belly with a resounding splash. This is the first piece of art I made when we decided to move to Puerto Vallarta to live, and I would return to visual art. It’s very rough and …
On Sunday mornings, Randy and I have a ritual. In the morning we go to a favorite Los Muertos beach club for brunch – eggs benedict, chilaquiles, or if we can afford the calories, waffles. A margarita completes the celebration. We call it “church.” This piece is titled “The Captain and his Mates.” It was …
I walked into a Frida Kahlo retrospective at an Amsterdam Museum in 1981. I had never heard of her. The paintings took my breath away – the beauty, pain, rage, mystery, and urgency. She demanded attention. She was not a casual artist. Her art cuts to the bone. Frida is an icon in México, …
Back to the Pacific I grew up near the Pacific. I spent my first 22 years in San Diego. I didn’t live on the water, but I was close enough. My toes knew the sand. My body was at one with the waves. If there was an undertow (“under toad” in John Irving’s The World …
Beach Vendors La Playa de los Muertos is filled with beach vendors. Dressed in white to reflect the light and help cool them on their mission. They are eccentric and elegant figures traversing the sand. The vendors tirelessly walk the beach loaded with wares. Anything you could want is available – silver, leather goods, …
November 2018 & 2019 I love Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead. This national Mexican holiday celebrates of our ancestors with humor joy and love. The wonderful Art VallARTa, a community cultural resource for visual artists provides classes, stages art shows, provides studio space. I was proud to have my Shakespeare/Dia de los …
Opened February 14, 2019 Ajijic, Jalisco My husband Randy and I were at the El Dorado Beach Club on Los Muertos Beach on a Sunday soon after Thanksgiving. It was a glorious day – sunny, cool, and relaxing. Three mexicanos were behind us laughing and enjoying themselves. Occasionally, they spoke English. We introduced ourselves to …