Oaxaca

Low colonial streets under jacaranda, drawn in the two hours before the light goes flat.

Ink and wash

City 09
01

I went for two weeks and stayed six. The buildings here are painted colors I would not have believed if I had not sat in front of them, and for the first time in years I let the wash do most of the work and kept the line to a minimum.

The Santo Domingo series took nine attempts. The one in this set is the seventh.

City detail 09
02 The market, which took two mornings and is still unfinished.