Curacao Wagerfront in Color (Watercolor Pencil added to Pencil Drawing)

The buildings on the Southern Caribbean Island of Curacao are all painted with bright colors - the legend is that when the Dutch settled on the island - all the buildings were painted bright white - residents were experiencing a epidemic of headaches - one of the local doctors said to the island's mayor that the headaches were because of the white buildings reflecting the intense sunlight - the doctor suggested that all the buildings on the island be painted something other than white - and so it was done - and by the way, the doctor who made this suggestion was also part owner in a paint factory on the island