Showing posts with label Cyclades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cyclades. Show all posts

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Terraced Landscape (Sifnos, Greece)

Terraced for planting, for natural fall-out of rain on rock; it undulates in the heat of the day.

Acrylic on paper (15" x 22.5")
I think of Sifnos, that island in the sun -- is there anything else but sunshine on this brilliantly lit, brilliantly coloured island.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Canaries - in Greece

Heard all over those Cycladic islands, they are in cages hung out to air on high walls like so much laundry. And like so much laundry they are returned to the house when the sun sets.
Sweetly singing little yellow fluff balls -- joyous creatures thrilling to the day --

a day of streaming light, blue sky, blue sea, blue frames on doors and windows.

Wandering in the Paths of Delusion

To be alert to the forces of darkness and division is to be mindful of the suffering of the peoples of the planet who are part of our collec...