In many countries I have traveled in, finding professional art supplies is nearly impossible. I have made it a habit, when running low on paper, to tear the sheets into halves or quarters, to be able to make more paintings out of what I have left.
The scale of an artwork, in fact, effects an idea, and may suggest, to the artist, a different approach to a subject.
To me, some of the little studies I made towards the end of my second South America trip, are very special for their less developed, suggestive character.
They are like haiku.
ARTIST'S COMMENTARY (continued)
"Andean Vista"
1988
egg tempera on watercolor block paper
5 x 7 inches