Book excerpt: Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: Intimations is TRAVEL ART AND TRAVEL WRITING BY DAVE ALBER “What started out as one simple painting for a friend has led me to invest my days painting travel experiences in vibrant colors.” Dave’s 2018 travel writing and travel paintings are collected in the art catalogue Dave Alber: Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations. Only the rare art catalogue can take you on journeys to faraway places and help you bridge cultural understanding with an immersed experience in the traveler’s journey. Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations contains: • 23 paintings reflecting life in China, Myanmar, and Nepal • 4 travel articles • 2 pages of hand painted comic art • as well as the artist’s statement and biography Receive your art catalogue: • Sign up at davealber.com for The Travel Art Adventurer’s Club and receive your free 2018 art catalogue • Also you receive a discount on Portrait Painting commissions and special Travel Art • And you earn advance notice about auctions, exhibitions, and events • Plus you’ll collect Travel Art catalogues, books, prizes, and more • Finally — during select times of the year — you give yourself the opportunity to invest in Travel Art because the cultural traditions encountered in world travel need to be seen and celebrated Articles include: A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples, The Floral Mandarin Fish, Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to Ching Ming Festival, Getting Social at Suzhou’s Night Market Paintings include: Approaching Dongwu Temple on Chinese New Years Eve (Suzhou, China), Nepalese Tongba, Little Tiger at the Fruit Stand, Bupaya Pagoda (Bagan Myanmar), Bund in Shanghai China, Burning Joss Paper During Ching Ming Festival, Paper Mansion For Ancestors During Ching Ming Festival, Lady He (He Xiangu) of the Eight Immortals, Chinese Garuda , Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side, Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain (East Entrance) , Eating With Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou China), “WAIGUARAN!” , Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China), Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal) , Dave Alber, Self-Portrait at Swayambunath (Kathmandu Nepal). The two-page comic is “Bedding Shanghai”.