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Purple Sky

Flamingo Sunset

In the Forest

Secret Pond

Paul Bowles

The writer and composer Paul Bowles (1910 - 1999)

A photo taken by an unknown photographer some time in the 1960ies gave me the idea for the color portrait above, while the pencil sketch is based on a 1967 photo taken by Terence Spencer in Tangier.

Paul Bowles has been a major inspiration to me for many years, even before I paid him a visit in Tangier/Morocco in the year 1995. If you would like to read the short story of the meeting, click on the title link above the painting, or copy and paste this:

http://www.soly.st/Morocco/Bowles.html

An excellent source of information about Paul Bowles, his life and work, and the people in his circle is the Authorized Paul Bowles Web Site, a labor of love by Paul's long-time neighbor and friend Kenneth Lisenbee. Copy and paste here:

http://paulbowles.org/

Peruvian Women

This painting is an adaption of a photo I took of local women selling onions at the Pisac market. Pisac is a small town in the Sacred Mountains of Peru, a short distance from Cuzco.

At the Window.....

This one is for you, Amma!

SILK SCARVES.....

Silk Scarves

These are samples of hand painted silk scarves with designs based on my paintings below.......