ARTIST'S COMMENTARY (continued)

      This study, painted in my hotel room, in Lima, Peru, was made after a stroll in the modern coastal capital of a country, where the ancient Incas had once established a far-reaching empire lasting half a millenium, but were ultimately conquered by the Spanish. The Incan capital, or government seat was, adversely, in the high mountain reaches of the staggering Andean cordillera, at Cuzco.

      The composition was inspired by a Peruvian Indian woman with her three small children in tow, who I had spoken with, probably in asking directions while exploring the city.
      Peru's capital is a coastal city, quite removed from the Andes, with enough polution to obscure any distant views of mountains. So I was still working from my imagination when I painted this, and other studies which were painted in pure prussian blue.
"A Peruvian Indian Woman and Her Three Children"
6 x 8.4 inches
egg tempera on hand made paper
Aug. 1, 1987
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