Stories from Nicaragua

I was on a bus, my first time out of the country and I caught a quick glimpse of a couple slow dancing in the blue florecent light of a bar in Managua, Nicaragua. A year or so later I painted The Blue Light Dance from a magazine article I found.

The Blue Light Dance
Watercolor

Marcela is my host sister from Ometepe, Nicaragua. This painting is my promise to return. I can't say when, but a promise is a promise.


Marcela
Watercolor

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