Patio en Barcelona - Original Mixed-Media Art on Stretched Canvas

Patio en Barcelona

While my wife and I were staying in Barcelona, I awoke early one morning to this quiet scene just outside our room. She was still sleeping, and for a moment I considered waking her because I wanted her to experience what I was seeing.

Instead, I let her sleep and reached for my camera.

There was something beautiful about the stillness of the patio at that hour. The morning light filtered through the foliage and fell across the patterned tile, illuminating the warm yellow wall, terracotta pots, and two empty chairs waiting beside a small table. Everything felt peaceful, intimate, and wonderfully removed from the activity of the city beyond.

I photographed the scene because I wanted to hold on to that moment and, in some way, share it with her later. In creating Patio en Barcelona, I pushed the warmth of the sunlight, the richness of the surrounding greenery, and the contrast of the cool blue chairs against the golden wall to express what that early morning felt like to me.

My wife slept through the original moment, but now she, and others, can experience a little of what I saw and felt that quiet morning in Barcelona.

This artwork is offered as a variable open edition canvas, individually hand-embellished and completed by the artist.