Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Cuba ~textures and trains

Cuba ~ old train yard

Cuba ~ old train yard
These photos are from an old train collection, right near the Capitol Building in Havana, just a few blocks from our hotel. They are mostly trains used to transport sugar cane. (That business is pretty much done now. Used to be that Cuba  sold the the Soviet Union 85% of their exports...then, the fall of the Soviet Union, in the mid 90s ended all that.)
Cuba ~ old train yard

Cuba ~ old train yard

Cuba ~ old train yard
I just love all the layered textures.........
Cuba ~ old train yard
If I were a abstract painter, or fiber artist, Deidre Adams, I'd know just how to use these photos for inspiration.
Cuba ~ old train yard

Cuba ~ old train yard

Cuba ~ sketchbook pages

Cuba ~ old train yard  Cuba ~ old train yard
Cuba ~ old train yard  Cuba ~ old train yard

Cuba ~ old train yard  Cuba ~ old train yard
Cuba ~ old train yard
Tomorrow spiritual practice in Cuba

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures and such fascinating history.

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  2. Gorgeous pictures. All the textures are amazing! I wish I wasn't at work I would be home playing with textures!

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  3. What fantastic textures! I would've been giddy if I'd been at this location. So gorgeous...

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  4. Des textures effectivement pleines d'intérêt... le temps a bien travaillé...
    gros bisous

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  5. Jane, these are just fantastic pictures. Thanks for sharing them. I've wanted to go to Cuba for a very long time after seeing so many great photographs from there, and listening to a lot of the traditional music. What a great experience!

    And by the way, muchas gracias for the shoutout!

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  6. Your photos are stunning Jane, pieces of artwork in their own right. Will you be translating these into textile art?

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  7. Fantastic rusty and flaky surfaces.

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  8. amazing textures...also images are greatx lynda

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  9. Ooooooooo love those textures!!!!
    Barbara

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  10. Eyecatching, inspiring, imaginative photos. Gives me creative food for thought!

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