#57 / 'Red Beach' Santorini, Cyclades, Greece
With the tense negotiations
and a referendum due to take place in Greece on the future of their
economy, I wanted to put some old paintings up which haven’t appeared yet on
the internet (not that this is going to help them in any way… just to show that
I am thinking of them)
We
have been to the Cyclades a number of times on holiday and love it there,
specifically Naxos and Santorini. The Tavernas,
the Ouzeria, the sea, the people and the language with its soft plosives and
melodic intonations make such a wonderful cocktail that draws one back time and
time again. This is a painting of ‘Red
Beach’ near Akrotiri (the
site of a Minoan Bronze Age settlement buried under the detritus from the
Theran volcanic eruption of 1500BC). It’s a strange place with black and red
cliffs behind, dark volcanic ‘sand’ and plasticy umbrellas with matching sun loungers.
I am so glad you did put this up with that wonderfully dramatic shadow of the cliff Vicky
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