On the edge of the Arabian Desert lies the fort of Qalat Qadim, ruins now but once an important point on one of the old Silk Routes.... well at least in my imagination. I have gone back to the panoramic sky of "The Empty Quarter" (now sold) but this time combining it with ruined architecture and the mysterious light of presumably a camp fire inside the ruins.
This is the fifth in my "Arabian Night" series, this being the initial tonal underpainting stage using my usual mix of Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple thinned with Liquin and applied with a flat brush and rag.
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
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