3-layered Art - Water Colours

 

Lily Blooms _ Water Colours by Tonferns

 

Lily Blooms 

Water Colours by Tony Fernandes

 Sept.1991. Dubai. UAE.

Painting Size 16”x 10”.

Fishing Boats at Pomburpa,

Goa - India.

by Tony Fernandes

3-layered Art in Water Colours

Size 20 in.x 16 in.

Pomburpa/Chorão Ferry Crossing.

Back in the day while on an annual vacation

to Goa during the 1970's,

visiting relatives and friends

around various places in Goa was the norm,

 and a visit to the scenic island of

Chorão was no exception.

Fishing Boat at Baga Beach Goa, India.

Back in the days of my childhood in the 1960’s, Baga, a beach town in state of Goa, India, was one of my favourite places that I visited. It lies 2 km north of Calangute, which is popular with tourists and locals alike with a coastline of pristine golden-brown sands and the meandering and scenic Baga Creek, summed up in the excerpt below from by book ‘GOA - Memories of my Homeland’ (Poems & Stories).

Grandma's annual dip

In the Arabian Seas

For her aging knees

She thought was good indeed;

She took me along on a trip

To a idyllic place called Baga

On the eight o'clock "Carreira"

Dotted along Goa’s scenic beaches, boats fitted with an outrigger was a common sight, but nowadays motorboats are used. Fisher folk live along the coastline and cast their nets on a regular basis. Many families combine their efforts in going out to sea and a whole community helps in pulling in the nets. A familiar sight at times is strolling tourists lending a helping hand. All this and much much more in my new illustrated line-art book with descriptions, namely ‘A Line in Time’. It can be ordered online through www.ednaspickles.com.

LineArt + Pencil Water Colours, Size 12" x 9" by Tony Fernandes, 

Water Colours - St. Anne's Chapel, Guirim, Cumbiem Morodd

Line Art/Watercolours by Tonferns.

St. Anne’s Chapel of the 1960’s.

Cumbiem Morod, Guirim, Bardez, Goa. India.

 Size 10”x8”.

Nossa Senhora de Graca - Our Lady of Grace - Margao, Goa, India

The Majestic Old Church of Nossa Senhora de Graça

(Our Lady of Grace) popularly known today as ‘Grace Church’
Margao, Salcete, Goa – India.

Water Colours 20 in x 16 in by Tony Fernandes 1990

From an old photograph taken during a visit to see a friend in Margao while on an annual vacation to Goa in the year 1973. (35mm Kodachrome Slide Film). A new church now stands in the same spot. However, the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is in the same location.

History: Originally a chapel, called the Capela de Batalhão (Port. Chapel of the Battalion). Its construction began on 6.1.1812 and the first Mass was offered there on 3.5.1812. It was detached from the Holy Spirit Parish, Margao, and erected into a full-fledged Parish in 1959. The beautiful old church was demolished and the present church was built in its place. Inaugurated on 1.1.1977. Feast: 5th February