lyle

this is the newest illustration...he is inspired by amanda. she wanted a crocodile...so here he is. we are calling him lyle. oh by the way, i am doing all these illustrations because i am going to have a exposition in september and in december here in barcelona. if you have any other ideas for illustrations, just let me know. i am kind of on an africa kick right now.

gracia cont...

these are pics from gracia last week...a reflection in a bank window of some decorations on one of the streets at dusk. the streets actually competed for best decorations and many prepared since last christmas to be ready for this week-long party. these are the castellers...these human towers are typical of catalunya. this was about the time that i was thinking..."those poor guys at the bottom" this a shot of the castellers and some of the crowd in aj's sunglasses.

my new language

i began catalan classes this week. catalan is the language of catalunya, this region of spain that i am living in. many of my friends actually perfer speaking catalan and change specifically to castellano (a foreign lang for some of them) so that we can communicate....weird, huh? i mean, i thought i was moving to spain. nope. i moved to catalunya. i love it. really. and think i will enjoy this new language. i am being reminded all over again just how hard and humbling learning another language is. not that i am totally fluent in castellano but i can at least have a conversation without blushing every five words...haha... here are some of my phrases that i have learned this week in catalan.. Em dic Eva. Sóc de Nashville i visc a Barcelona. Bona nit. (My name is Eva. I am from Nashville and I live in Barcelona. Good night.) haha..that is about it for now!...

new link

go to the link on the right called "eva's art" to see the newest illustration.

gracia

yesterday amanda and i went to one of the parties of the city. the neighborhood of gracia knows how to do it right...a week of partying and we just went to the last full day of activities. it didn't even feel like we were in bcn. i'll post more later...

meredith jo

these are of meredith jo crider. i'll write more later...she is pretty much amazing. amanda and i found ourselves just staring at her for long periods of time...she's just interesting.

beach and city

jonas was there with us for our day at the beach. i think i took about 30 pics of him. he is just so interesting and entertaining. we walked around hand in hand for a good part of the morning. he loves taking people around and playing tour guide. he really liked this random monument, monthly sun dial. he is a natural rock climber he looks like he is posing this is him eating with us at mcdonalds. jo at the beach yesterday. we went with a group of friends and were there most of the day. this is a reflection shot in a hand dryer of “be original” a new restaurant in the center of town. jo on via laietana…the taxi in the background is kind of fun huh?