Original artwork description:

This is a painting from a still life observation of a limestone rock collected during a walk in the landscape of Cyprus around the area reported to have been part of the journey of St Paul and Barnabas.

'When they finally reached Paphos, the seat of the Roman government in Cyprus, they encountered Elymas who actively tried to prevent the pair from meeting the Proconsul, the Roman governor. According to a strong local tradition on the island, Elymas had Saul dragged ... tied to a pillar, and whipped ... Saul became Paul.'

The rock was collected nearby the alleged pillar [St Paul's Pillar] where Paul was lashed by the Romans in Paphos. I set up the still life in my studio at the Cyprus College of Art and painted this rock, capturing the movement of daylight, bringing out areas of light and shadow.

It has been painted in a gestural form. emphasising the abstractness of an area of the rock, observing form, shape and colour, using the oil and brush to inform the marks made on the surface of the small oil study.

The name of the pieve responds to the words of the Christos in relation to St Paul and his journey across Cyprus.

Materials used:

Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas

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