A Spanish Artist

     In Barcelona, there is a narrow walkway in the Gothic Section which separates two religious buildings. One of  them is the cathedral. A bridge or private walkway connects them above street level. We walked that area a number of times.
     Sitting quietly and almost unnoticed was an artist painting the scene. We stopped to talk and it turns out that he was a school teacher from the suburbs who came down into the old town to paint watercolor paintings of the important architecture. He had done some wonderful pieces of the area. Stacked along  wall were some finished works. We bent down to look. One of the paintings was of the very site where we stood.  We asked about it and learned that he wanted 25 Euros for it. As we were buying it, he folded up everything in a hurry explaining that the police allowed him to painting there, but not sell. The police were about to make their rounds.
     Suddenly he was gone and we had a matted painting.  The police did come by. Some folks we were with were envious of our purchase. We easily brought it home and it is now hanging in our bedroom area. Not only is it a nice work, but it reminds of of so much in Barcelona and a teacher who makes added income with this talent.