In this painting of the Alhambra, the light from the courtyard spills onto the wet marble floor and makes a reflection of the copper doors. The arches and the person are silhouetted against the shine. The man in the burnoose is Rashid Lamrani, who was our guide in Morocco. He is a very modern young man, but one day his friends dressed him up in a burnoose, and he immediately looked very exotic. He appears to be looking down at something very important, but, in fact, was checking his cellphone. I moved him from Morocco to the Alhambra in Spain because I wanted a traditional looking figure in the painting.
Oil on canvas
24”w x 36”h
$950.