Original artwork description:

Events in places near and far over the past few years have filled news outlets with images of destruction, both natural and man-made. Just as a volcano might inspire awe, so occasionally, if taken out of context, some of these images offer a strange abstract beauty as I found when I painted several views of the flooding in Somerset, close to where I grew up. In this painting a calm sunset silhouettes the broken structures of a once bustling high street in Libya, a still lake reflects soft hues of pink and blue. Quiet and abandoned to violent folly, I found the image irresistible, employing many light washes, contrasting with dark voids.

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Original artwork, Henry Jones © 2014-15 All rights reserved.

Materials used:

Watercolour paint

Tags:

#benghazi #blue #pink #sky #water #sunset #city #architecture #reflection #buildings #silhouette #abandoned #derelict #libya