2:09 PM: tomorrow is packing day, and i didn’t think i’d be focused enough to make any more watercolor/gouaches. but i was, so this is the last one, for now: chora neoclassical IV.
like the other three in the series, this one is inspired by one of the photocollages i created following our trip to greece in 1995. here we see the main street in the capiatal of andros, chora, which is paved in marble, with a lone figure strolling down the street beneath the dominant neoclassical architecture.
the sky, as with the 2 previous paintings, is a collaged piece of a map of seattle, providing geometric squares that add immeasurably to the composition light purple shadows of palm trees are splayed across the street, and flowering bougainvillea peek out between the buildings.
chora neoclassical IV, 37.5x14 cm. watercolor & collage