Chani's Creative Space

Seven years ago, I bought my first sketch book and began to draw in the streets just after purchasing it, in my home town Torremolinos and at several others places, from Salobreña to Coswig in Germany, from El Puerto de Santa María to Portuguese towns of Alentejo. Today, in 2022, I wanted to thank the client in Cramlington, England, who bought a print of my very first sketch, historic flour mill called " el Molino de la Bóveda ". Like other historic buildings in our town, it is empty and falling into disrepair. I have read that it could be integrated to - another - luxury resort in the future, I am not sure it is a good idea. I wonder if my client visited this place him or herself, petted or fed cats on the stairs nearby. In any case, thanks a lot! Old decayed flour mill "Molino de la Bóveda" in Torremolinos (Spain)

At night, streets get a new shine, human misery being swallowed up by the darkness. Gone, the workless or working poor looking in garbage containers for something to eat or sell, the disillusioned people next to the casino, the trash and filth on the ground, the dog waste... Moreover, the construction cranes are silent (you could think they spend the night far from here), and the number of people screaming, arguing, drilling, sawing, blasting bad music is gradually decreasing. I love those dark hours in the fall and winter when my town looks like a better place. Torremolinos (Andalusia, Spain), neighborhood Montemar, calle de la Ermita Torremolinos (Andalusia, Spain), neighborhood Montemar, calle Don Juan Manuel 

Lost in a small village in the middle of a pine wood, near the sea, I saw this singular house that certainly would have long story to tell. ;-) In Alhaja, Puerto de Santa María (Andalusia, Spain)

I already posted a picture of this place (Calle Chiriva at Carihuela Beach in Torremolinos, Spain) in January 2022. Again, a quite ordinary street during the day that can become spectacular with some clouds, like yesterday evening. At night, banality and ugliness disappear, and the town opens itself to the sky. November sunset at Carihuela Beach