International Artist Day 2009  
San Miguel town square  

The main square in San Miguel, Costa Blanca, had all the buzz of Montmartre on Sunday 25th October when 30 artists of many nationalities held a fiesta to celebrate International Artist Day.

The palette of artists presented a diverse and colorful exhibition of works whilst children got involved painting a long graffiti wall and older people tried their hand at life drawing or watched as artists painted 'plein air'.

Organized by the Archangel Vecinos Association in San Miguel & Martin Robinson in Rojales, artists from Spain, Holland, Germany, UK & Ireland were among those assembled to display their works to an appreciative audience.

As Martin said after the event, "Arte es el punte entre culturas. Aunque las palabras de nuestros idiomas nos puedan separar, somos unidos por el idioma vision."

With many tourists flocking to Montmartre in Paris, is it too much to hope that perhaps San Miguel Spain could become a mecca for art tourism in this part of Spain?