drawing on the wall

I had the opportunity to create a full size wall mural drawing in my office in San Ramon for Gensler and IIDA Northern Chapter event on sustainability.  Here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfVNOEVjtk

Russian Chapel at Fort Rossia, Fort Ross, Northern California

A selection of watercolor images of the chapel at the settlement established by the Russians on the northern coast of California...

Fort Ross, Fort Rossia, California

A watercolor view of the north west block tower and walls of the Russian outpost and fort built on the northern coastline of California...

Tower and Palm tree in Pegu, Burma

Shwedagon Pagoda, Pray and Rest

A truly magical place in Yangon, the pagoda of Shwedagon, is a wonderful spot to visit, to stroll, to observe, to relax and to pray...

Shwemawdaw figures, Bago, Burma

A view of some of the sculptural figures at the Shwemawdaw pagoda, built by the brothers, Mahasala and Kullasala, who returned from India with two hairs from Gautama Buddha, upon which a small stupa was constructed to enshrine the hairs.  The pagoda has expanded with more relics and buildings and has been rocked by several earthquakes since 982.

watercolors in Burma

While I try to find that portion of time to finish and scan the sketches and views of Fort Rossia, I decided to look back for some inspiration to my series of watercolors of scenes in Burma from the late 90's, during several of my sojourns from Bangkok to the mysteries over the western Thai border...