Time-Lapse Video - "Terracotta Flower Pot #12"

Time-lapse of a typical Portuguese subject --  accompanied by traditional music on the Portuguese guitar.

Video by Justin Tennison

"Portuguese Terracotta Flower Pot #12"   21" x 14"   Watercolor

Number Twelve

Portuguese terra-cotta flower pot #12.  I think I'll stop at a dozen -- for now.

"Portuguese Terracotta Flower Pot #12"   21" x 14"   Watercolor

Number Eleven

Portuguese terra-cotta flower pot number eleven.  (I can't stop painting them.)

"Terracotta Flower Pot #11"   21" x 14"   Watercolor

Terracotta Pots in Portugal

A recent addition to my ongoing series of terracotta pots and flowers in Portugal.

"Wall Flowers"   12" x 9"   Oil

And some older ones...

"Colonnade"   20" x 30"   Oil

"Geranium Pot"   12" x 9"   Oil

"Geraniums"   16" x 12"   Oil

"Pink and White Geraniums"   36" x 36"   Oil

"Pink Hydrangeas"   16" x 12"   Oil

"Red Geraniums"   36" x 24"

"Hydrangeas in Portugal"   30" x 20"   Oil

"Geraniums in Portugal"   14" x 11"   Oil

"Pot of Geraniums"   20" x 14"   Watercolor

Geraniums in Portugal

A pot of geraniums in the town of Óbidos, Portugal.

"Geraniums in Portugal"   14" x 11"   Oil

Detail

Saudades

"Saudades" is a Portuguese word that has no direct translation in English.  It describes a deep emotional state and a melancholic longing for an absent something or someone.  It is "a recollection of feelings, places, experiences and events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being which now triggers the senses and makes one live again.  It brings sad and happy feelings all together, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling."

I grew up in the beautiful country of Portugal.  It's been over forty years since I left there to come to the United States to live and yet I still find some of my greatest pleasure in painting Portuguese subjects.  I suppose you could say I have "saudades".

A window in the quaint Portuguese town of Óbidos.

"Lace Curtain"   29" x 21"   Watercolor