The Honolulu zoo is also only a 10 minute drive from our condo. We have seen some pretty amazing zoos around the world, and were curious what the Honolulu zoo would be like. Every weekend, there is a display of “Art on the Zoo Fence”, where local artists hang their works on the fence, and […]
Hawaii – Plein Air Painting 1
One aspect of art that Evelyn loved in California was painting en Plein Air, which is painting on site, outdoors. Because of the weather in Hawaii, outdoor activities are the standard. In Cuenca, the opportunities were quite limited, whereas in Oahu, there are four different groups that paint outdoors weekly. As a result, Evelyn gets […]
Cuenca Artists Celebrate Cafe Reopening 2020
More than 120 people packed the inside and outside the Casa Azul cafe to welcome the new owners, Jose and Vivi, as they reopened a favorite artist’s haunt originally created by Gregory Kluyskens, a charismatic Belgium entrepreneur. Everyone was asking how we could display 6 artists in such a small gallery. When the furniture was […]
Oaxaca, Mexico 8 – Wrap Up
We have come to the end of our three week visit to Oaxaca, so let’s wrap up with some overall impressions. There are a few things that stand out and can’t help but be appreciated. First is the weather. We were here during late November and early December. The temperature was between the mid- 70’s […]
Photographer Of The Year 2019
Last month, I was surprised when people started sending me congratulatory email and Face Book messages, as well as congratulating me on the street. Maybe they were commenting on the photo show Evelyn and I had completed the prior month… but then why the month delay? To my surprise, I discovered that I had just […]
Evelyn Wins First Place – Christmas Photo Contest
Christmas in Cuenca culminated with Evelyn being selected as the winner of the Cuenca Dispatch and CuencaHighLife Christmas photo contest. The winning photo shows a girl holding a candle at the annual International Chorale Christmas concert, seen above. December is always a busy month for us in Cuenca. There are always so many choices that all […]
Photo Show Opening Dec 2018
Last night was the opening reception for Burt and Evelyn Johnson’s first photo exhibition in Cuenca, Ecuador, at the Miguel Illescas Gallery. It was called Ecuador y Más: Su tierra y su gente (the land and the people), and presented images from three photographers: Michael Hamilton, Burt Johnson and Evelyn Johnson. All three are retired […]
Group Art Show at CVA
Alberto Soriano and Evelyn Johnson looking at a painting from Evelyn’s new music series. For the month of November, Evelyn was invited to participate in a group show of 8 artists at one of Cuenca’s newest fine arts galleries, Cuenca Visual Arts (CVA) that opened early 2018. Garry Kaulitz and Janda Grove created the gallery, […]
Festival de artesanías de América 2017
November 3 is Cuenca Independence Day. Ecuadorians love to celebrate, and this 197th anniversary of independence from Spain was a chance for a 4-day holiday weekend. The city puts out a booklet listing scheduled events through the end of November that was 66 pages long, and copies ran out in the first 2 days. There is no […]
Art Exhibition – Visions Beyond Frontiers
It seems that every time Evelyn has an art reception, it’s pouring rain. Some of the guests came in soaked, and we heard many others could not find taxis. Even with the inclement weather, more than a hundred braved the storm to attend the opening night, which was located at the Miguel C. lllescas Art […]
