Archive For The “Travel Art” Category
2018 Oil on canvas 9.375 x 11.75 in Dave Alber, Self-Portrait at Swayambunath (Kathmandu, Nepal) is an oil painting by Travel Painter and Travel Writer Dave Alber. Swayambunath is the center of Kathmandu and the Kathmandu Mandala. The Kathmandu Valley is understood to be a mandala, which is to say an aesthetic and spiritual image…
2018 Gouache on paper 10.25 x 6.75 in Chinese Garuda (Suzhou, China) is an gouache painting by Travel Writer and Travel Painter Dave Alber. Chinese Garuda depicts a Chinese street cleaner on his three wheeled vehicle. The man wearing bright yellow riding in a cart with its large, seemingly bird-like, tail feathers reminded me of Hindu images…
Dave Alber’s article “The Peacock Shop in Bhaktapur, Nepal: An interview with Suyog Prajapati at The Peacock Shop” appeared in Nepali Renaissance: Earthquake Reconstruction & Cultural Revival in Nepal on June 21, 2018. “The Peacock Shop in Bhaktapur, Nepal” contains the following travel illustrations by Travel Writer Dave Alber: • Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal) A link to the article is…
2018 Gouache on paper 10 x 7.61 in Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side (Suzhou, China) is a gouache illustration for Dave Alber’s travel article on Suzhou Center. Please contact Dave Alber to purchase the original. and… Fine art print collectors may invest in a fine art print of Suzhou Center Mall in…
2018 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China) is an oil painting by Travel Writer and Travel Painter Dave Alber. Dushu Lake Church is in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) in Suzhou, China. The church is operated by the Suzhou International Fellowship, a non-denominational Christian Church serving the expat community in Suzhou….
2018 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal) is an oil painting by Travel Painter and Travel Writer Dave Alber. The famous Peacock Window in Bhaktapur, Nepal is one of the greatest examples of woodworking in the world. It has been hailed as one of the finest pieces of Newari window work in…
2018 Gouache on paper 12 x 10 in Eating with Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou, China) is a gouache illustration of friends eating at a Chinese night market. The night market is the Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market to the west of the Temple of Mystery in Leqiao, Suzhou. Please contact Dave Alber to purchase…
2018 Gouache on paper 7.1 x 10 in “WAIGUARAN!” (Suzhou, China) is a gouache painting of a boy and his grandfather riding home in a bicycle rickshaw. They boy is surprised at seeing a foreigner (“waiguaran”). Please contact Dave Alber to purchase the original. and… Fine art print collectors may invest in a fine art…
Dave Alber’s comic “Bedding Shanghai” was featured in the annual Shanghai Erotic Fiction Contest, which was part of the Shanghai International Literary Festival sponsored by That’s Shanghai Magazine. Bedding Shanghai contains many travel illustrations by Dave Alber: • Bedding Shanghai, page 1 • Bedding Shanghai, page 2 • Bedding Shanghai, 2-page spread All of which are available as prints….
2018 Gouache on paper 8.27 x 11.7 in How intimate are your encounters with legend, myth, and spiritual mystery? What services and ceremonies have you joined? Who are the heroes of myth and religion that you most identify with? Are there any characters from foreign myth and legend that always make you smile? Lady He (He…
