Cuba – the land of cocktails, vintage cars and the effortlessly cool

I’m not sure what made me first want to visit Cuba. Whether it was the film Strawberry and Chocolate, the Buena Vista Social Club, posters of Che Guevara, a curiosity of socialism or a love of Cuba Libre.

What I do know is that for a very very long time I had wanted to visit Cuba.

When I finally visited the largest of the Caribbean islands, I walked round in a daze, because there was a ‘photograph’ or  ‘painting’ opportunity on every corner.

Here are a selection of paintings and pictures from my trip there.

Cuba in Black and White Photographs

Street Scene in Havana, Cuba

Young girls in Havana, Cuba.

Boy playing on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba

Old street in Havana, Cuba

Che memorabilia in Havana, Cuba

Relaxing on the street in Trinidad, Cuba

Street scene in Trinidad, Cuba

In a queue in Havana, Cuba

Travelling by bike in Havana, Cuba

Cuba in Colour Photographs

Old car and architecture in Havana, Cuba

Cuban design in Havana

Balcony in Havana, Cuba

Tiles in Havana, Cuba

Cuban architecture in Havana

Cuban design in Havana

Cuban architecture in Havana

Cuban architecture in Havana

Cuban design in Havana

La Plaza de la Revolución in Havana, Cuba

Cuban car in Havana

Cuban architecture in Havana

Balcony in Havana, Cuba

Flying swan hood ornament on an old American car in Havana, Cuba

Street scene in Havana, Cuba

Cuba in Sketchbooks

Boy with shadow in Havana, Cuba.

My pen and ink sketch of Havana, Cuba

Sketch of a Cuba Libre

Siesta in Havana’s Parque Central – from my Cuba sketchbook.

Summer in the City in Havana, Cuba.

Street scene in central Havana from my Cuban sketchbook

Sketch Boys on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba

Havana street scene from my Cuban Sketchbook



Sketching in my journal in Cuba, Havana

Any excuse to play this song…