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El Café de Andalucía Watercolor Painting

| Fine Artist Dave White

Original Painting Inspired by a Coffee in Sevilla

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El Café de Andalucía Watercolor Painting

Painting Inspiration

This original coffee watercolor painting was inspired by a delicious afternoon coffee in Seville, Spain, in the barrio of Heliópolis! Heliópolis is a neighborhood on the outskirts of Sevilla, where I lived as a college student for a semester in 2004, close to the Real Betis soccer stadium.

The coffee mug says “El Café de Andalucía”.

The artwork itself, on archival watercolor paper, measures 9″ x 12″.

Frame Details

Gallery-style wood frame with a clean modern look
Choose from the following stains – Espresso, White, Black, White Wash, or Burgundy
Double white mat – archival – acid-free
Anti-reflective glass
Inside frame dimensions measure 11″ x 14″ and outside dimensions measure 15 1/8″ x 12 1/8″

https://www.etsy.com/listing/690419037/el-cafe-de-andalucia-original-framed

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Original Framed Sevilla Painting

| Fine Artist Dave White

Sevilla Oranges Painting

This original Sevilla watercolor painting is of a scene of oranges scattered about on a street in Barrio Santa Cruz! The spring in Sevilla is full of the fresh scent of oranges, due to the numerous fragrant orange trees and fallen oranges. This painting is on 9″ x 12″ archival heavyweight watercolor paper and framed in a sleek gallery-quality aluminum frame with a white mat.

Choose Frame Color

This Sevilla painting is available in a variety of aluminum metal frame colors – gold, white, black, turquoise, green, purple, blue or red. The frame measures 12″ x 16″, has a white mat, and anti-reflective glass. Below is a photo of the painting in a gold frame – see my Etsy store to view other frame colors.

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Framed Sevilla Watercolor Painting

Torre del Oro Painting

| Fine Artist Dave White

The Torre del Oro in Seville, Spain, is a remnant of the Moorish history that is intertwined into southern Spain. Built in the year 1220 with lime and straw mortar, along the the Guadalquivir River, it served to protect Seville from attacks. After Fernando III of Castile conquered the city in 1248, the tower was abandoned for a long time. In 1755, the Lisbon earthquake caused serious damage to the structure and plans were made to take it down a few years later, but it was saved due to inhabitants of the city protesting against its removal. Again it faced demolition during the Spanish Revolution of 1868, but was saved another time by city inhabitants. Today it serves as a nautical museum.

Aside from it’s 800 year history, it’s a beautifully impressive landmark that glimmers along the river, and is an excellent meeting place to enjoy a bocadillo sitting along the steps that lead down to the Guadalquivir!

Prints of this oil paintings are available for purchase here.

Torre del Oro Oil Painting

Painting from La Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla

| Fine Artist Dave White

Earlier this summer, I received a nice compliment on a bullfight painting that I did about 6 years ago:

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Spanish Bullfight. Acrylic on Canvas.

This painting was done from a photo that my wife took at a bullfight in Seville, Spain, in 2004, at the famous Plaza de la Maestranza de Caballería. The person who commented was very interested in the painting, as she is from Peru but has ancestry from Seville, and she asked if I had sold it. So I let her know that someone did buy it, but I could make another one for her. So I made a similar one, on a much larger canvas:

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Spanish Bullfight in Plaza de la Maestranza de Caballería

And here it is hanging in her and her husband’s home in North Carolina. Looks great!

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Spanish Bullfight Painting Hung in Home

If you are interested in an art commission, just visit my art commissions page to learn more, or email me at dave@davewhiteartist.com.

Oranges on a Sunny Street in Sevilla, Spain – Watercolor Painting

| Fine Artist Dave White

As I’ve written about before, the oranges on the streets in Sevilla, Spain, are one of the magical things I love about the city. Ever since the first time I went there almost 11 years ago, in February 2004, I always think of the scent of oranges by the time February rolls around here in the United States. Every time I eat an orange, the smell reminds me of Sevilla. It’s just a beautiful thing to have fruit trees planted all over a city!

This abstract watercolor painting is of a sunny street full of oranges in Sevilla:

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$1,000 – Original 9″ x 12″ Painting on Watercolor Paper / $149 – 8″ x 10″ Print

Smell of Oranges in the Air – Sevilla

| Fine Artist Dave White

Here in Northern Virginia, the sun is shining bright this morning…but it’s cold! So I’ve been going through photos of warmer places, and came across one from our trip to Sevilla earlier this year.

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Ahhhh, the fresh smell of oranges in the air. There’s nothing like waking up chipper, taking a step outside into the streets (dressed to the nigh, of course), and smelling the roses…I mean…oranges. Really, it’s just as good as “waking up and smelling the roses” anyways. Perhaps better!

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These things fall all over the place in Sevilla, at least in February when we were there last.

We even saw this guy kicking them to and fro (I think he was tired of walking on oranges all the time):

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All of the oranges got me to thinking…

I’ve never seen any town or city like this in Florida (known for oranges). Would it even be legal in the U.S. to have orange trees planted all over a city? I mean, we live in a litigious society, so what if an orange fell on someone’s head and hurt them? Would they sue the city?

Anyways, all the more reason to appreciate the oranges on the streets in Spain!

Sevilla – Plaza de España – Fine Art Photography

| Fine Artist Dave White

Every now and then I enjoy adding a digital art effect to my photography by using Adobe Photoshop. The exquisite architecture of the Plaza de España in Sevilla, Spain, is a beautiful representation of the design of the southern Andalucía region of Spain. In this shot, the blue and white tilework is seen as part of a bridge going over the moat.

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Spanish Flamenco Dress Art – Charcoal Drawing

| Fine Artist Dave White

Spanish Flamenco Dress Art

When my wife and I were on vacation in Sevilla, Spain, a few weeks ago, we saw several boutique shops full of colorful flamenco dresses. I imagine they all do a great business during the time leading up to La Feria de Abril (April Fair)! La Feria de Abril is a huge annual event held in Sevilla, known for its music, dancing, food, men dressed in suits and women dressed in flamenco dresses.

Here is a charcoal and red ink drawing of a Spanish Flamenco dress that I recently created. Art Prints are available here.

Click here to view more Spanish influenced art!

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Spanish Flamenco Dress – Charcoal Drawing

Oil Painting of Guadalquivir River, Seville, Spain

| Fine Artist Dave White

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A crown jewel of Andalucía – Seville, Spain, also known as Sevilla in Spanish.

The Guadalquivir River runs through the city, with the San Telmo Bridge crossing over the river and connecting the long avenue of Paseo de Las Delicias, where the famous Torre de Oro (Gold Tower – built in the early 13th century) stands near the city center, with the large Plaza de Cuba.