Bulletin: This is to let everyone know we’ll be going to Cienfuegos and Havana this Friday, May 23, and will return with new works of unique and beautiful original art on May 31. We’ll try to have them photographed and up on the website by June 15th.
Getting ready for a buying trip to Cuba always necessitates a day of shopping here at home. When Cuban friends know I’m coming, they place orders for things that are cheaper in the US.
So today, I’m off to Walmart, Office Depot and Toys R Us. Raquel, who runs the casa particular (private home) that I stay at, wants a “stretchy” pantsuit, my interpreter needs a computer battery pack, his friend’s nephew, a robot toy. But the most fun is shopping for gifts for the artists, fat tubes of much needed titanium white oil and acrylic paint, wrapped with a colorful ribbon, and presented after all the business is done and it’s time to leave.
Understand, this is a very selfish thing I do. I just love the gesture when the artist smiles and raises the gift with both hands to the sky, then down to his lips, and kisses it loudly. So Cuban!
Watch the website - June 15th!
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