The pyramids at the Mayan city of "Tikal" are unusually vertical in form, in comparison to all pyramids everywhere, I think.
      If one climbs the stairs to the chambers at the pyramids' summits, a height is reached where one may peer over the tops of the jungle trees, at eye level with the roof of tropical growth till it disappears like an ocean in the distance.
      Tikal, in Guatemala is, without doubt, one of the most exotic and well-kept ruins sites in the Americas. "Palenque", in Mexico, and "Machu Picchu", in Peru, would also be on that list, as would "Winay-Waina", two hours walk from Machu Picchu.
      In this painting, the shapes of the pyramids at Tikal are covered in folliage, as they might have appeared before being restored by archeologists.
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diptych, 10 x 14 inches
egg tempera on hand made paper
"The Mayan Ruins of Tikal"
March, 1988
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