The sixth in my "Arabian Night" series... and yes I know this is Turkey not Arabia! This one was going to be a campfire and tents in the desert but somehow it changed into a view of Istanbul at night. This series has really settled on a theme of moonlit nocturnes which is fine by me as I enjoy painting them. This will probably be the last but one in the series but you never know I might get some more ideas...
This is based around an old postcard view of the Eminonu district of Istanbul with the Yeni Cami mosque in the background, I have been told by a Turkish friend that this area looks nothing like this now. I was originally thinking of having a fire in the city at bottom right but could think of no good reason for it being there so I changed it to a glow from some street lighting... or maybe there is something going on there...
Based on a desaturated orange/blue colour complementary, oil on fine cotton 16" x 12".
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on this blog.
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