Plein air painting when traveling

Plein air painting when traveling is my favorite professional experience. Going to and from almost anywhere today is pretty siimple. One suitcase for art equipment, a few wet panel carriers to house the wet paintings and one small luggage with essentials and there you have it. One time our plane lifted off the ground, in Madrid, about 5 a.m. stopping in the Belgium airport to have some waffles before departing for San Diego, California where we landed right after sunset that same day. Amazing! Mind boggling! Simple...

Then the best is finding a scene to paint in a place I had never visited prior and for the following three hours just paint like a mad man! The entire experience is incredible, every moment... it doesn't get any better and to do this everyday in new, yet to be discovered cities and towns is a dream.

Discovering Spain was equal to Italy or France with it's antiquity and romantic charm. The city of Seville, if you ask me, is the heart of this great country. Horse drawn carriages, ripening oranges ready for picking from the collanade of trees enchanting the passersby, a magnificent centuries old gothic Cathedral inspiring such awe that one must visit it's hallowed grounds. Which also happens to house the remains of Christopher Columbus...yes, that Italian explorer!

A new place, a fresh painting never before painted and never duplicated... that is what I mean...a plein air painting experience that can't be topped!

Do you have a favorite way to paint or create? Write back and tell me about it!