And Out of the Rocks

Opposite our villa in Menorca there’s an open area of volcanic rocks. It’s a protected location with clear views over the Mediterranean, and, although it is just rocks, somehow or other these wild weed-like plants manage to scratch a bare living.

It was one such group, with its symmetrical formation, that caught my attention, and I thought that the rocks and the weeds, when combined with the distant view of the sea, made a very attractive composition.

I’m sure these growths must have some long Latin name, but I’m afraid it eludes me.

Approx 2006

Gouache