The head cold was firmly established on the last day of September, and it has taken until these days - mid October for me to start feeling that it has almost gone. Finally. I reckon that next week I can get back to work properly.
Meantime I find it impossible not be doing something, and the design in progress above has been and is still soothing my turmoil.I am reading Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads, and somehow thoughts of Roman, Persian, and Indian painting became mixed up in my dreams, and this image emerged.
Always a little frustrating when illness stops us in our tracks and then lingers. We may not be anywhere near a hundred percent yet the creative urge can't be kept on hold. A lovely thing you're passing the time with as you recouperate.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sheila. Yes, I know when I am REALLY ill - it's when I don't feel like doing anything creative at all.
ReplyDeleteSo richly colourful! The work of Stephen Chambers comes to mind (http://www.stephenchambers.com/) - and to my surprise the photo on his home page is richly red like yours, with important use of yellow.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely - Stephen Chambers is an artist whose work I have followed for some years now. I have not looked at his website for a while, having last been more curious about his printmaking, but yes, I do remember rich colours in his paintings. Who knows what influences us at any particular moment from the ragbag we gather on our travels through life. I was more directly thinking about wall paintings in Pompeii, I must admit, but all sorts gets into the soup of creativity.
DeleteThe change of seasons also makes me lean in this direction - feeling somewhat Verlaine-ish.