Another of my gouaches from the days of straight lines. Not sure why it's so dark: the green door barely shows in the shadow. No, I never went to Morocco, though I'd love to. My "Morocco" paintings came from a fabric design project involving Moroccan weavings. There were pictures of villages that caught my eye in the source material, so I built models of them and based my paintings on close-up photos of the models. That way I could play with the light and shadows - sort of the "next-best thing to being there". Green Doors is my favorite; I painted large and small versions of it, both of which are still for sale.
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