I was backpacking through the Sobrarbe region of Spain on La Senda Pirenaica (Pyrenees Trail) in 2025 and stopped over in the beautiful village of Torla-Ordesa for a resupply. What a find! This medieval hamlet feels very remote because it’s a long way to get there by road. Luckily, I walked there.
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“Difficult to reach” was exactly what the 15th-century agrarian settlers wanted when they built a defensive tower (“Torla” means “tower”) on a promontory overlooking the Rio Ara. By the 17th century, the rustic Spanish village expanded upward onto the sylvan ridge, with tapered passageways lacing steep hills.
There I found sunny terrazas and buzzing restaurants featuring the local delicacy of juicy roast lamb. At daybreak I took the first shuttle into the majestic Parque Ordesa y Monte Perdido Natural Park and continued my hike toward the Mediterranean.
I’m excited about this work, “Torla-Ordesa, Spain” — the first edition in my new series of Spain images. For me the serigraph captures the cloistered serenity that the builders must have sought. The high peaks of the Pyrenees above, the deep Ara gorge below, the green forest and blue sky, must have been heaven on Earth then, as it is now.
This print is available for acquisition in the gallery now. Each printmaking sheet bears my personal emboss and comes with an Artist’s Certificate of Authenticity. Subscribers to the series will receive the lowest-numbered prints.
