http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/profile Copyright 2000-2008 GFXartist network / Brothersinart http://www.gfxartist.com http://images.gfxartist.com/gfx/GFXartist_64.png support@gfxartist.com en-us GFXartist Engine 1.0 0 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:14:02 EST Madanapale Photography / Figure HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUCHITOTO…..150 YEARS! Suchitoto, nahuatl for “Place of birds and flowers”. El Salvador is a young nation….America was “discovered” in 1492. After the conquest most of the natives were “encomendados” (Surrendered to ) to the Spaniards, that implied that the natives had to... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/169284 Madanapale Photography / Figure As most of my countrymen I descend from a mix of races, colors and religions, my father was “white”, my mother was “tan”. There is no racial discrimination, but some people regards a “white skin” as more classy or more stylish than a “dark skin”. I think that all colors are equally beautiful.... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/169116 Madanapale Photography / Nature I heard when she said….”I told you not to get so close to the beach”. Picture taken in “Las Veraneras” El Salvador. If you want to visit you can open the link… http://www.lasveraneras.com.sv/ http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/168514 Madanapale Photography / Figure Don José is 99 years old, he is blind and almost deaf. His wife Doña Jesús, 98 years old, takes care of him, she is a lovely lady who still can read without glasses. They have 12 children and each of them had a least 4 children. They have many grandchildren and great great grandchildren. He... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/167731 Madanapale Photography / Figure “Retazo de Pueblo”.......Spanish for “A piece of the town”. The title of a painting on a wall in La Palma. In 1972 Painter Fernando Llort, born in 1949, at the age of 23, moved to “La Palma”, a little town in the north part of El Salvador. He opened there a painting workshop that turned soon... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/167444 Madanapale Photography / Figure “Tristeza”……Spanish for sadness. They are the humble common people. Every Sunday, wearing their best inexpensive clothes, they come to the squares of their little towns to have some fun, eating, and chatting with their neighbors, but for moments their eyes turn to nowhere and get full of... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/166954 Madanapale Photography / Nature Jaltepeque....."Jal" means sand and "tepeque" means place in Nahuat......"Place of sand". Jaltepeque is a estuary.....this is a view of the estuary. Chichontepec volcano is at the back at the center. I took this picture Oct 8,... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/166636 Madanapale Photography / Architecture Nikos Kazantzakis said : “You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint paradise, then in you go.” Kazantzakis is best known as the author of “Zorba the Greek”….a beautiful movie, a wonderful book…….the most read book in Greek Literature after the classics.... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/166242 Madanapale Photography / Nature "Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: The first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up to receive the rays of the sun. Using the word “enlightenment” in a wider sense than the conventionally accepted one, we could look upon flowers as the enlightenment of... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/166006 Madanapale Photography / Nature Where trees go to die. In El Salvador, after they give us their fruits and some wood, when trees become old, they walk at night, silently and slowly until they find a river. There they lie on the water, and let the stream carry them to the sea, where they die peacefully and become wood... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/165791 Madanapale Photography / Figure If only I could be a child again! When he saw me with the camera, he jumped and smiled!.....He was very happy to have his picture taken....A beautiful memory for me. Picture taken on the streets of my beloved Suchitoto. El Salvador. Sorry for beeing away...I have had very little... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/165327 Madanapale Photography / Nature Chichontepec volcano, also known as San Vicente in Salvador It is a paired stratovolcano hence name "two breasts".(Chichontepec.....Nahuat for "Two Breasts".) The eruptive history of San Vicente volcano is not well known. There is no definitive... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/163779 Madanapale Photography / Architecture Picture taken in Costa del Sol....El Salvador. http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/163517 Madanapale Photography / Figure My Countrymen…..El Salvador. Picture taken at the central park of Suchitoto. I am adding the untouched original and a color version. (Sharpening was not used to enhance details). http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3922/compofacesuchiaft0.jpg http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/163246 Madanapale Photography / Nature Suchitlan Lake.....El Salvador.....My country. This picture is dedicated to Pedro   ARZILLIER66 who was so kind to dedicate a picture to me. Picture taken from a boat.....We were taking a little trip along the shore and I was already taking pictures of the clouds, when... http://madanapale.gfxartist.com/artworks/162907