My wife, two friends and I visited Havana in November of 2009. Our intention in the trip, was to create a series of paintings of the city, documenting its decaying beauty from a personal perspective.
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From what we could ascertain, the people were hopeful for their government to relax its policies, and the U.S. government to remove the embargo that has lasted nearly 50 years.

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Even today in this country, there is still much anger in the U.S. felt by Cubans and their families who were forced to leave their farms, businesses and country after the revolution. It would most likely be difficult for change to evolve quickly that would enable for this “prodigal son” of the U.S. to once more embrace and be embraced by its much larger neighbor only 90 miles away.
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"Havana ’59" is not a political statement. It is an artistic crusade to portray a city “stuck” in time, both magnificent and disenchanting, and to bring it into focus for all to see.

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Celebrating Street Art in Havana
Eve of Construction
Moko Jumbie
Downtown Old Havana
The Lafayette Hotel
The Ghosts of Old Havana
Private Property
Waiting
Caught Dancing
Hemingway On Patrol
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The Castle
Parade Down the Malecon
The Balcony
Horsepower
Shoring It Up
A Man and a Woman
Disappointment
The Sea Wall
Hotel Nacional
Distant Beaches
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Cruisin'
Passing Through Old Havana
City of Contrasts
Hemingway Slept Here
Neglect
Keepin' It Running
Washday Madonna
View from the Hotel Nacional
Pretty in Pink
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