olive groves behind filatro beach
This is a loose interpretation of the olive groves behind Filatro Beach on Ithaca. It is a staging point. Pictures at this scale use a lot of pastel. So you have to temper the output. I like the depth of field on the picture
Experimental stuff from Ithaca
In my time in Ithaca it is difficult to compose or quite get it right…When I take the pastels and paper abroad you can never quite control the substrates so well. However, I carry on the experimentation in various sketches for
Attending a course at the Royal Academy
I signed up for an art course this last weekend. It was on the back of the current exhibition relating to impressionism on paper. Being self-taught I thought it might help to understand a little more about the whole art topic.
Light of Humanity in Ukraine
This picture was created with the wide wheat fields of Ukraine in mind. The sun or moon depicted by the spiritual whirlpool radiates life-giving energy to the landscape which is draped with the blue and yellow of Ukraine. The crop
2000 year old Ithaca olive tree
With the thought of the terrible fires burning on Rhodes, one is drawn to the terrible cost born by the natural world. This 2000-year-old olive tree on Ithaca has survived everything the climate has thrown at it. With this ‘warming’