A Rambling Writer Rerun: Thor’s Minoan Fresco Reproductions
The new year has brought a lot of “life happens,” including more health issues, so here’s another glimpse of Thor’s fun project to reproduce some favorite frescoes from our Greek travels.
Now that we’re settled into our new home, I’m hoping that Thor will create some more colorful frescoes to decorate his new shop. Meanwhile, I’m revisiting his paintings at our previous home. And there’s a link to an earlier post covering the actual frescoes we saw in our travels. The Minoans were amazing in their arts and the feeling of peaceful love of nature captured in the images. If anything I present here might inspire you to travel and see them for yourself, that would make my day! So, from January 2024:
Here’s the link to my blog post from our travels, explaining some of the original frescoes:
Thor worked out a system in his shop at our former home, projecting images of the restored frescoes on sections of the plasterboard walls, where he outlined the figures. Then he experimented with paints and colors to reproduce the images, learning techniques as he went along.
The “Bull Leaper” fresco is his favorite of his paintings. The two dancer/athletes with white skin are female, while the red-colored leaper is male. (See the earlier post for more information about this Minoan activity.)
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