The governor's mansion was most inviting!  This painting represents a portion of the former governor's mansion in San Sebastian, Mexico. San Sebastian is about 40 kilometre's inland from Puerto Vallarta. This small isolataed community is a window into the Mexico of 100 years ago. Silver mining here pre-dated the arrival of the Spanish. The mountain where the silver was located is easily viewable from the town square.

Many artifacts are still present in and around the mansion and date back to the 19th century and earlier. Someone oversees the day to day running of the mansion as it also functions as a hostel.

It was a pleasant suprise to find the original quality furnishings, ceramics and tiles in this very well preserved and isolated setting.  It was a most inspiring view made even more colorful with all the bouganvillea growing over the old brick walls.  I was attempting to draw the viewer into the picture with this particular view looking down the tiled portico towards the entry.  I have another painting from this particular visit, which I will post shortly.

The next time I was in this area was when I rode my motorcycle from Victoria BC to Panama City, Panama; but more about that later...