3:43 PM: another watercolor today; this one was inspired by a photo i found from a period when we were leading seminars around the world. we took a group to andros, which i know well, and went up to pithara, a spectacular waterfall located in apikia, about a 10 minute walk from the road, through dense vegetation. the waterfall itself is not visible in the photo i worked from.
from androsguide.gr: “ Only if you walk, smell, bathe, experience this magical place, dismiss the waters and listen to the cicadas you are going to feel what cannot be easily described in words.”
at pithara, 11x7 3/8” watercolor on arches paper, 2/23/25
This young woman, belonging to the Tsaatan tribe in Mongolia, Central Asia, is riding a deer. She is one of 500 people considered the last reindeer herders in Mongolia.
The Dhuka people, also called the Tsaatan, are known as the "people with reindeer" in Mongolian. They are the last group in the world to ride reindeer. There are only a few hundred of them left, and it's believed fewer than 50 families still live this way, though no exact count exists.