A few views of the third set of locks in Gatun. The bottom shot is one of the water culverts fed by gravity from the water basins which sit adjacent to the lock chambers.

With Mery Palma, the owner of the Mery Palma gallery at the Sheraton Hotel in Panama City. She handles my paintings of Panama. She once told me that I spoke Spanish "como un maliante", like a street thug. I guess it was a compliment.

At the Blvd restaurant  at the Albrook Mall in Panama City. On my ipad is a painting I did of him last year. Apparently the rest of the kitchen staff agreed that was indeed him after some good natured teasing and arguing. I printed it out for him. He said he liked the painting. Felt pretty cool to be honest.

My second visit to the Panama Ports in Balboa with my host, Juan Antonio Sucre (buena gente). We've discussed doing a series of paintings of the Ports and ships similar in style to the paintings I'm doing for the Expansion. One day, I can feel it...

Cool place to visit. It takes about one minute to unload/load each container and place it on a truck. Like clockwork.

The Port is immense. The old launch to Taboga used to leave from here and I couldn't  even recognize where it left from its grown so much. The Ports can also handle freight from the new (and deeper drafts) PostPanama ships.

With Teresa Arosemena at the Admin Bldg. She was the first person to hep me get started with the paintings I'm doing for the Expansion and on every trip to the isthmus has some magical way getting me access to wherever I want to paint along the canal route. Must be voodoo.

A few paintings in progress for this years series of paintings. This is some of the Panamanian workforce pouring concrete in the Pacific locks. These night scenes are fun to do, very dramatic lighting.

That's Miralfores Locks in the distance.

A piece I just finished that measures 20 x 20. The view is from the center wall at Pedro Miguel locks.
I've enclosed a breakdown of the steps I took to paint it. I started with the darkest darks, knowing that the bulkhead would be the lightest and warmest color. It helped bracket the values.

It is one of several pieces donated by artists for the 20th Anniversary of the TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) with the proceeds to be donated to the Ryman Foundation for young artists.