Uplistsikhe was a Greek town, though the site was inhabited well before Antiquity. It later became Georgian and was inhabited through the Middle Ages. We found it very impressive. The rock is really grey which led me to continue my experiments with color.
The view from inside one of the houses inspired this one. The rocks, the church and the hills, we had it all to ourselves: Ucha, Robert's (and his fellow teachers') driver and friend, left us because the hot sun had given him a bad headache. Besides ourselves there was only the little lady at the church who had walked up the hill with Ucha, Gerald and me. She told Ucha she was afraid in one overgrown spot early on the trail, where she had encountered a snake before. We only saw big frilly lizards, "jorjo" or "jojo" is what Ucha called them.
This is our cat, Misty. Gerald says her eyes are bigger, I didn't want to attempt to make them so, thinking they might not keep the expression I liked. The 2 earlier paintings are done in oil, this one is in acrylic.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
