Yesterday's post featured artist Jose Duran in front of one of his beautiful murals in Ajijic, Jalisco.
I featured his work in a previous post in March of this year.
Here is another of his tromp-l'oeil murals in Ajijic, photographed in October of this year. The light streaks on the mural are reflections from a window across the street. (click or tap to enlarge)
Three generations await the parade in Coatepec, Veracruz.
A balloon vendor awaits the crowd for a parade in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico.
For something entirely different!
Here's a shot I took in Tecate, Baja California, in 2007.
A colorful scene in Guadalajara.
Another colorful scene in the town of Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.
Tromp l'oeil is French for "fool the eye" and is a style of painting long in vogue which attempts to paint a scene so realistically that you can't really tell it's a painting.
The beautiful mural by Ajijic artist Jose Duran provides a very colorful and interesting backdrop for this scene.
I recently spent a week in San Miguel de Allende during Day of the Dead observances. Last year I was in Oaxaca during that time, and I vowed that I would return somewhere in Mexico each year thereafter to photograph Day of the Dead.
As I expected, I found Day of the Dead in San Miguel to be more of a party, and less "authentic" than in Oaxaca, where many take it quite seriously. Nevertheless, photo opportunities were everywhere.
Here, a girl with her face painted peeks around a stone column.
Four young ladies dressed in flamenco outfits head toward the center of Ronda, Spain, during the 2016 Feria de Pedro Romero.
Another lovely, though shy, girl, dressed in a flamenco outfit for the 2016 Feria de Pedro Romero in Ronda, Spain.
