My older brother Sam and me at Amador outside a biodiversity museum designed by Frank Ghery. Someone told us to take off our dark glasses and we ignored them.

I painted in Gorgona from a house we rented on the beach. The owner told me I was a genius once I added her dog to the painting (see black spots bottom left). Apparently I was just an ok painter before I added the dog.

Limited palette of yellow cad light, yellow ochre, red cad light and Prussian blue. Not the most radiant colors but I was happy with it.

a few more from Miraflores. I used my ACP id to compare a color against white and black.
Yellow ochre (raw sienna?) everywhere. 

I've done a number of paintings from this view mostly ships headed southbound out of Pedro Miguel as they approach Miraflores -  a very cool view.

A visit to the center wall at Miraflores with my guard and guide Mr Rudolph Allen, a real gentleman.

Painting a small study alongside the Pacific Lock trench. I did an 8 x 10 to get just the color spots and overall color tone to the scene. Yellow Ochre dominated everything.

Really invaluable to paint on location and see colors and subtleties the camera never seems to get - or at least mine. Man, I look good in a hard hat.

 the view from where I stood. Of course I tried to paint too much on a small canvas and ended up scraping it all down to try a smaller scene. Nice frustrating day.

Has to be painted. This is at the El Valle market on a Sunday

 

I painted outside the train yard from the Diablo side through a chain link fence. The Kansas City Railroad runs the trains in Panama now.
Guys would yell at me as they drove by. Dude, who paints trains? 

 

 

Both unfinished pieces, just blocked in so I could escape the ants gnawing my legs.

The palette is white, yellow ochre, red cad light and ultramarine. I tried a brand of water mixable paints that I like very much - Cobra, an English company - the closest I've come to standard oil paints in texture and feel.
Not having to carry a solvent when traveling is really convenient, particularly overseas where the selection is limited.