Artist     Kurt Jackson
Title      Greece 1997
Date      1997
object    Painting
Media    mixed media
Size       20.5 x 19cm
Ref          896

Purchased from the 147th RWA Annual Exhibition in 1999

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www.rwa.org.uk/memfrm.htm
www.kurtjackson.co.uk
www.messums.com
www.lemonstreetgallery.co.uk

Greece 1997
This painting resulted from a trip to southern Greece one summer (1997). A seriously hot, dusty place. After a spell of trying to paint while camping and suffering from the lack of shade and the heat and dust, we ended up renting this modern apartment on the edge of a village - this painting resulted from looking down from the balcony back onto that hot, dry, barren land. The vehicle is typical of those used by the local peasants/subsistence farmers; the woman wears the traditional black clothing in the heat. I’ve always been interested in the peasant culture and traditions in the south of Europe (since I was a kid).

Looking at these two aspects of Greek life from a modern building above seemed to make them more noticeable and paintable; demanding a response. Apart from them, the painting is empty; a bit of fence but mainly just heat and dust of summer.

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