Happy Holidays to all. For our annual holiday greeting, we thought you might enjoy Evelyn’s copycat of a painting by Guayasamin shown above, one of Ecuador’s most famous artists.

The art scene in Cuenca is just starting to emerge, and Evelyn has been attending artist’s receptions and art exhibits at least once a week since we arrived 2 months ago.  Cuenca enjoys the role as Ecuador’s arts capital, and is home to several artists with international reputations. There is an incredible amount of talent in Cuenca, both local and expat artists as well as photographers, such as Michael Hamilton.

Art Cuenca is an organization that helps promote some of the local artists from Cuenca, setting up studio tours, gallery exhibitions and events, which you can find on their website. In addition, there are artists promoted at the First Friday art event each month, as well as other artists who have their own studios including world-renown ceramist, Eduardo Segovia, Klever Moscoso, Ariel Dawi, sculptor Miguel Illescas, and others. And, there are exhibits by visiting Ecuadorean artists including Fausto Bravo, a world-renown ceramists from Quito.

Evelyn has been enjoying sketching and painting almost every day, as the city is rich with inspiration.