Today's March 20 painting is inspired by a boat tour to the underground river in Palawan, an island located in western Ph. Designated as a Unesco World Heritage Site, it features a landscape of limestone cliffs amidst turquoise waters, with a river 8.2 km. long, underneath thru formation of caves, stalactites, stalagmites. The boat river tour is only 45 minutes long in the 4.3 km. allowed for tourist exploration. Tourists were required to wear raincoats, hard hats & orange protective vests. Area monkeys were trained to grab food & cell phones from tourists. Tourists were instructed to keep their mouths shut during the boat tour, since the bats inside the caves drop souvenir surprises from the ceiling. I wanted to continue my wave painting exercises based on last week project but the pristine waters around the cave entrances were calm, collected in their blue green intensity. The limestone formations dotted with greenery were poetic but accessible. Even the US TV series " Survivor" used this scenery in a prior adventure. I painted the boatload of tourists in orange protective gearwith a tour guide prior to the entrance to the underground river. I painted both of us prior to the boat ride. I was happy in the souvenir shot & my husband just told me ( hallelujah! ) his likeness looks like him! By the way, this painting is also viewable Upside Down! Happy Spring vibes, fellow artists!
Haha! It does look like Tony! Such a beautiful scene... until you read about the monkeys and bats. That is a little scary. Such nice brushwork.
ReplyDeleteI took one underground boat tour in Kentucky and will never take another, so thanks for giving me the experience without the fear....love the way you painted the limestone cliffs and the cave entrances.
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