This is the title I had in mind but I might change it...
Another small painting to take to IX next month for which I seem to be returning to more of an Orientalist theme again although I don't recall using an Ancient Egyptian theme before. This one somehow came out of the previous painting and doesn't have any origins in Midjourney. In my mind I see it set in the late afternoon when the very low sunlight (as how I remember it when I was there in 1984) is hitting the temples against a dark blue sky with the light transitioning at the base with the boat in the relative darkness. The boat is based on the one used in the Taylor/Burton film "Cleopatra".
I used a small hog brush to "draw" it up with a mix of Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple thinned with Liquin. This is now ready for tomorrow's tonal underpainting.
Oil on fine cotton 16" x 12"
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