The New Year
One half of the new year is over and where have I been these last months ?????.
Exploring –travelling India and soaking in the hazy horizons , the smoggy , crammed towns ,the colourful sandy deserts of Rajasthan …
Riding an Elephant , a camel cart and seeing those wonderful thoroughbreds and the Marwari horses was a wonderful experience .
Food –the exquisite cuisine of Royalty, the wholesome meals of the simple folks . They were all so full of flavour and wonderful aromas .
To top all this were the visits to places showing gems, their polishing and intricate embroidery incorporating the precious stones . The jewelry and the fabulous inlay work in marble . So exquisite . Of course there was no time to capture any of this in sketching or painting but there was so much that I wanted to record .
Then there was Cuba , another country with wonderful weather , wonder landscapes, food , people and beaches . The flat beaches with the fine pale sand and azure skies had me wishing I had the means to capture all this on canvas .
There is so much to explore ---There is so much inspirative material . It is truly Incredible
Alas , I have to learn so much before I can consider myself competent to do so . Materials in art have developed so much . Maybe one day they will have paint that also has the smell of food and the paintings of cuisine will delight the sense of smell too. Who knows !!!!
One half of the new year is over and where have I been these last months ?????.
Exploring –travelling India and soaking in the hazy horizons , the smoggy , crammed towns ,the colourful sandy deserts of Rajasthan …
Riding an Elephant , a camel cart and seeing those wonderful thoroughbreds and the Marwari horses was a wonderful experience .
Food –the exquisite cuisine of Royalty, the wholesome meals of the simple folks . They were all so full of flavour and wonderful aromas .
To top all this were the visits to places showing gems, their polishing and intricate embroidery incorporating the precious stones . The jewelry and the fabulous inlay work in marble . So exquisite . Of course there was no time to capture any of this in sketching or painting but there was so much that I wanted to record .
Then there was Cuba , another country with wonderful weather , wonder landscapes, food , people and beaches . The flat beaches with the fine pale sand and azure skies had me wishing I had the means to capture all this on canvas .
There is so much to explore ---There is so much inspirative material . It is truly Incredible
Alas , I have to learn so much before I can consider myself competent to do so . Materials in art have developed so much . Maybe one day they will have paint that also has the smell of food and the paintings of cuisine will delight the sense of smell too. Who knows !!!!