How many hidden courtyards like this must there be in Greece? A space, between the houses where women congregate on white plastic chairs on hot summer evenings to discuss the latest news.<\/p>\n
‘The Quiet Courtyard’ is a place of the imagination, inspired by places I’ve visited and the village I currently live in. The flat-roofed, sugar cube house suggests The Cyclades, or possibly Skyros, where I spent several summers. The time of day is most definitely ‘mesimeri’ – the quiet time in the heat of the afternoon, between lunch and the evening coffee. Everything is quiet, apart from the odd dog or cockrel – or it should be, if a neighbour isn’t doing a bit of work on his house!<\/p>\n
This mixed media painting was created with layers of acrylic paint, wax and ink on watercolour paper. The first layers of paint were embossed with a variety of tools to create a slightly raised texture and the image was drawn into the wet paint.<\/p>\n
When dry, alternate layers of paint and wax were applied and variously scratched into to give a weathered look. The line drawing was done at various points during this process, with and black and blue acrylic ink.<\/p>\n
The sky was left without texture, as a clear backdrop for the white washing fluttering in the breeze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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