Calabrian
Mountain gouache on paper 15 x 20 cm
Sole
gouache on paper 15 x 20 cm
Diamante
Sun watercolour 15 x 20 cm
please
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Towards
Scalea
the coast gives way to the flat beaches
the road hugs the hills on stilts
big hotel complexes like bee hives scatter down the hills - empty
the road follows coastal towns
peopled by late sun worshippers hanging on to the season
Hotel
Poseidon again
The same guy behind the desk gives me a friendly handshake and welcome
This time I get a room with a balcony and sea view.
I swim in the warm sea
late afternoon air above my head and thoughts
Bask on the deck chairs along with a few other somber reptiles
I can’t do this sort of thing - the beach chair parasol thing
so I draw and paint
retire
to the balcony to watch the sun set
pale yellow then orange.
there is a crescent moon and venus star
the light dims to an apricot yellow
out to the west
wind drops
sea curls along the shore like a pan stereo effect
at night the surf and beach keep me awake - tissues in the ears
my dilemmas - will the car make it
If I was to buy a statue, would it be Jesus, Mary or St Francis Assisi
maybe
a trio.
Cilento - Calabria -
towards an exotic dry south.
