Dave Alber creates Travel Art and Travel Writing. His Travel Art shares an experience of wonder at our cultural continuity and universal humanity.
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Travel Art Exhibitions: Bridging the Gap: Comics, Illustrations, and Fine Art of Dave Alber
June 4, 2019Dave Alber’s exhibition Bridging the Gap is an experiment in “narrative...
Read MoreComic Art: “I Love You: The Neglected Words” for Shaving In the Dark magazine
May 17, 2019"I Love You: The Neglected Words" is a wordless fully...
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Comic Art: Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #4, At Shanghai’s St. Ignatius Cathedral
May 17, 2019Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #4, At Shanghai's...
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Comic Art: Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #3, At Shanghai’s China Art Museum
May 17, 2019Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #3, At Shanghai's...
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Comic Art: Bad Year To Be a Cat, comic #2, In the Yuyuan Garden Bazaar
May 17, 2019Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #2, In the...
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Travel Art Event: A Brief History of Impasto Painting
May 12, 2019Travel Art Talk & Dance Performance: A Brief History of...
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Travel Art Exhibition: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder
May 12, 2019The exhibition Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder features large oil...
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Travel Art Exhibition: INTIMATIONS
May 12, 2019The art exhibition INTIMATIONS by Dave Alber displayed Travel Art...
Read MoreTravel Writing: “The Story of the Nian” Open Magazine
May 3, 2019Dave Alber's travel writing "The Story of the Nian" appeared...
Read MoreArt Series: WAIGUOREN!: Suzhou Through a Foreigner’s Eyes (外国人)
May 3, 2019Have you ever lived abroad? How did people respond to...
Read MoreArt Series: Chī Le Ma? (Have You Eaten?)
May 3, 2019Do you enjoy food? Whether you’re passionate about cooking in...
Read MoreArt Book: Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: INTIMATIONS
May 3, 2019Dave Alber: Travel Art: 2018: Part 1: INTIMATIONS is the first...
Read MoreTravel Writing: “Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to Ching Ming Festival” Open Magazine
May 3, 2019Dave Alber's article "Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to...
Read MoreTravel Writing: “A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples” Suzhou Review
May 3, 2019Dave Alber's article "A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples" appeared...
Read MoreTravel Writing: “The Floral Mandarin Fish” Suzhou Review
May 3, 2019Dave Alber's article "The Floral Mandarin Fish" appeared in Suzhou,...
Read MoreTravel Writing: “Getting Social at Suzhou’s Night Market” Suzhou Review newspaper
May 3, 2019Dave Alber's article "Getting Social at Suzhou's Night Market" appeared in...
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Travel Writing: “The Peacock Shop in Bhaktapur, Nepal” Nepali Renaissance
May 3, 2019Dave Alber's article "The Peacock Shop in Bhaktapur, Nepal: An interview...
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Travel Art: Suzhou IFS, Suzhou, China
April 16, 2019Suzhou IFS, Suzhou, China is an oil painting by Dave...
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Painted Portrait: FangFang (Suzhou, China)
April 16, 2019FangFang (Suzhou, China) is a painted ink portrait by Dave...
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Painted Portrait: ZhenZhen (Jiaozuo, China)
April 16, 2019ZhenZhen (Jiaozuo, China) is a painted portrait by Dave Alber,...
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Painted Portrait: Fairy and Family (Dengfeng, China)
April 16, 2019Fairy and Family (Dengfeng, China) is a painted ink portrait...
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Painted Portrait: Sarah (Jiaozuo, China)
April 16, 2019Sarah (Jiaozuo, China) is a painted ink portrait by Dave...
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Painted Portrait: Celine (Jiaozuo, China)
April 16, 2019Celine (Jiaozuo, China) is a painted ink portrait by Dave...
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Painted Portrait: Beatrice (Jiaozuo, China)
April 16, 2019Beatrice (Jiaozuo, China) is a painted ink portrait by Dave...
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Painted Portrait: Zephyria (Jiaozuo, China)
April 16, 2019Zephyria (Jiaozuo, China) is a Chinese ink painted portrait by...
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Travel Art: An Offering of Marigolds on the Remains of a Durbur Square Temple After the 2015 Earthquake: Kathmandu, Nepal
February 21, 2019An Offering of Marigolds on the Remains of a Durbur...
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Travel Art: Alone: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA
February 21, 2019Alone: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA is an impasto oil...
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Travel Art: Grain Storage Warehouse: Saint Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai, China
February 21, 2019Grain Storage Warehouse: Saint Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai, China is an...
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Travel Art: The Verticality of Laughter: A Joke Amongst Acolytes at Tiger Hill Pagoda, Suzhou, China
February 21, 2019The Verticality of Laughter: A Joke Amongst Acolytes at Tiger...
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Travel Art: Underwater Sunlight: Legian Beach, Bali
February 21, 2019Underwater Sunlight: Legian Beach, Bali is an impasto oil painting...
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Travel Art: Black Sand Sunset: Balian Beach, Bali
February 21, 2019Black Sand Sunset: Balian Beach, Bali is an impasto oil...
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Travel Art: Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall During Winter, China
February 21, 2019Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall During Winter, China is...
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Travel Art: Gate to the East, Suzhou, China
February 21, 2019Gate to the East, Suzhou, China is an impasto oil...
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Travel Art: Snow Fish (Xue yu)
February 21, 2019Snow Fish (Xue yu) is a gouache painting by Dave...
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Travel Art: Falling into the Sky: Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, Shangri-la, Yunan, China
February 21, 2019Falling into the Sky: Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, Shangri-la, Yunan, China...
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Travel Art: The Underpainting Lies Dialogue: Figurative and Non-representational Art
February 21, 2019The Underpainting Lies Dialogue: Figurative and Non-representational Art is an...
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Travel Art: Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side (Suzhou, China)
February 21, 2019Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side (Suzhou, China)...
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Travel Art: Dave Alber, Self-Portrait at Swayambunath, Kathmandu, Nepal
February 21, 2019Dave Alber, Self-Portrait at Swayambunath, Kathmandu, Nepal is an oil...
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Travel Art: Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal)
February 21, 2019Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal) is an oil painting by Dave...
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Travel Art: Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China)
February 21, 2019Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China) is an oil painting by...
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Travel Art: “WAIGUAREN!” (Suzhou, China)
February 21, 2019“WAIGUAREN!” (Suzhou, China) is a gouache painting by Dave Alber,...
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Travel Art: Eating with Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou, China)
February 21, 2019Eating with Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou, China)...
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Travel Art: Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain (Suzhou, China)
February 21, 2019Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain (Suzhou, China) is a...
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Comic Art: Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #1, In the Former French Concession
February 21, 2019Bad Year to Be a Cat, comic #1, In the...
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Travel Art: Chinese Garuda, Suzhou, China
February 20, 2019Chinese Garuda, Suzhou, China is a gouache painting by Dave...
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Travel Art: Lady He (He Xiangu) of the Eight Immortals
February 20, 2019Lady He (He Xiangu) of the Eight Immortals is a...
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Travel Art: Paper Mansion For Ancestors During Ching Ming Festival
February 20, 2019Paper Mansion For Ancestors During Ching Ming Festival is a...
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Travel Art: Burning Joss Paper During Ching Ming Festival
February 20, 2019Burning Joss Paper During Ching Ming Festival is a gouache...
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Comic Art: Bedding Shanghai, 2-page spread
February 20, 2019Bedding Shanghai, 2-page spread, is painted comic art by Dave...
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Travel Art: Cooking Mandarin Fish (Gue Yu)
February 20, 2019Cooking Mandarin Fish (Gue Yu) is a gouache painting by...
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Travel Art: Approaching Dongwu Temple on Chinese New Years Eve (Suzhou, China)
January 28, 2019Approaching Dongwu Temple on Chinese New Years Eve (Suzhou, China)...
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Travel Art: Bund in Shanghai, China, in Front of the Custom House (Clock Tower)
January 28, 2019Bund in Shanghai, China, in Front of the Custom House...
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Travel Art: Buphaya Paya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
January 28, 2019Buphaya Paya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) is a gouache painting by...
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Travel Art: Nepalese Tongba (Jaand or Millet Beer) (Kathmandu, Nepal)
January 28, 2019Nepalese Tongba (Jaand or Millet Beer) (Kathmandu, Nepal) is a...
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Travel Art: Little Tiger at the Fruit Stand (Suzhou, China)
January 26, 2019Little Tiger at the Fruit Stand (Suzhou, China) is a...
Read MoreDave Alber creates Travel Art and Travel Writing. His Travel Art shares an experience of wonder at our cultural continuity and universal humanity. His recent Travel Art exhibitions INTIMATIONS and Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder are in Kunshan and Suzhou, China respectively. Dave’s comic art and illustrations have appeared recently in That’s Shanghai, Suzhou Review, Shaving in the Dark, Open Magazine, and Nepali Renaissance. His comic “Bedding Shanghai” was featured in the Shanghai International Literary Festival. You can receive Dave’s art book Dave Alber: Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations for free at ILoveTravelArt.com. Dave’s longer Bio and Artist Statement is here.
Get Your Free Copy of my Travel Art book: INTIMATIONS
- 23 paintings reflecting adventures in China, Myanmar, and Nepal
- four travel articles
- two pages of hand painted comic art
- and one delicious recipe for cooking Mandarin Fish
What readers say about Travel Art: INTIMATIONS:
“Fascinating idea to combine travel art into a book and a website community.”
“Creative expression from travel impressions married to art.”
“Loved it!”
“Master of your imagination.”
Join the TRAVEL ART ADVENTURER’S CLUB, get the Art Book INTIMATIONS, and be the first to see new paintings!
- Sign up for the Travel Art Adventurer’s Club and receive your free art book
- Also you gain discounts on Portrait Painting and Travel Art commissions
- And You’ll get travel discounts and opportunities
- Finally you earn advance notice about auctions, exhibitions, and events
Thank you for being part of the Travel Art Adventurer’s Club family.
Warmly,
Dave Alber
