Seen in the evening as the light faded, this view was witnessed just north of the Columbian border with Ecuador.
When I did arrive at the border, I was forced to stay for the night, as the border closes there at 5:00 pm, and my bus did not make it in time to cross that day.
Searching for a room at that late hour, I found myself wandering down backstreets and up alleys. At the end of a dark alley I was cornered by two soldiers who had followed me at a distance from the bus station. I'm quite sure were about to rob me. I banged louder on the hotel door, and luckily it opened as they began to walk up to me, and I slipped into the small, back alley hotel lobby at just the right moment, leaving the two soldiers in the alley, surprised and unsuccessful.
ARTIST'S COMMENTARY (continued)
"Columbia to Ecuador"
July 1, 1988
egg tempera on hand made paper
7 x 10 inches