'A Spanish Dream'
'Un Sueño Español'
89 x 116cm
Acrilico sobre lienzo
Painted in Ibiza, Spain 2024
Recently, heading out to paint at Robert's studio & with a little rain earlier, everything was quiet & surreal & as the late sun started highlighting moments - I needed to wander a bit, photograph & appreciate my surroundings...
In this dreamlike calm, once inside with my canvas on the wall, elements & reflections of life here & across Spain drifted into my composition, I was enjoying time with the drawing aspect using my pastels & a later overlay, tinting a black paint, solely concentrating on lines for the night as the musicians played around with experimental sounds together & filled our small gathering of characters with yet another unique atmosphere to enjoy....
Over the following days I brushed in several layers of an earthy wash, tinting the background to the subtle contrasted result I was looking for...
