Monday 11 May 2020

"Return to Crete"





                      This week should have been a Spring break that I had booked to
                      return to Chania on the Greek island of Crete. However due to the
                      coronavirus  pandemic this trip and all foreign travel for the immediate
                      future has been cancelled. 

                      Looking back at the drawings and notes that I made two years ago, I
                      thought I'd like to revisit the area in Western Crete known as the
                      "White Mountains". 

                      Although snow - capped in the winter months, the geology of this area
                      makes the mountains appear white, even in the summer.         

                     My trip there and the stop at the small town of Therissoss was an area
                     that reminded me of the limesone gorges here in the West of England.


                                                             

"Crete - The White Mountains" - Acrylic on canvas 12" x 12"