“The West Indian is not exactly hostile to change, but he is not much inclined to believe in it. This comes from a piece of wisdom that his climate of eternal summer teaches him. It is that, under all the parade of human effort and noise, today is like yesterday and tomorrow will be like today.”
Herman Wouk

This run (of prints) covers Antigua and Les Saints. We were in English Harbor (Antigua) for ten days while we had varnish work done on Tribe. English Harbor is a beautiful, protected harbor. I spent hours sketching the old stone buildings and the early wood cottages around the harbor. The houses have a great deal of detail and color. I could spend a lifetime looking at them.

After Thanksgiving, we sailed to Green Island, which is like a Caribbean Maine, filled with little coves and salt water ponds. There is a restaurant/gallery that has amazing food and good art. The owner, Allesandro, brings his own basil seeds from Italy and has a local Rastaman grow them.

Then it was on to the French Islands which are my favorite. We stopped first at Ilets Pigon on Guadeloupe. There is an underwater reserve discovered by Jacques Cousteau, filled with amazing soft coral and sea sponges – there are hot, volcanic springs that attract a huge amount of sea life. The water is clear, clear, clear. Les Saints, a two hour sail, is a huddle of eight islands and is the most beautiful of the French Caribbean. The islands are small and dry with steep mountains and white sand beaches. The only town is on Bourge de Saints and is like a tropical Brittany. A little French town set around a church…little cafes, great food. There are swim lanes built in the harbor for the school swim team! Everyone is very French, including the tourists. (I started wearing socks with my sandals.)

We are in Bequia now, which is the “Bermuda” of the Caribbean and I want to draw everything here.

Next we sail to Grenada where Nick will race.

See where we were in December

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