Indian Ocean

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Scroll down for 🧩 images Variations: 12"X18" 99 pieces (Conquer in an afternoon) About original artwork: Shades of blue with interspersed white dots, isn’t that the first thing you notice? This piece was inspired by my time living on the tropical island of Mauritius. Stretching 58 km from north to south and 47 km from east to west, it is a tiny speck in the vast Indian Ocean but an island like no other. Its diversity of landscape includes dormant volcanoes, deep forests, white sand beaches and surrounding coral reefs on the shallow ocean floor. Mark Twain had said “Mauritius was made first and then heaven, heaven was copied after Mauritius”. I remember standing on the cliff of Baie Du Cap Maconde, staring at the tranquil turquoise water as far as I could see, the azure blue sky and a seeming white line formed by the calming of harsh waves over the reefs. I remember feeling way tinier than this tiny speck in the Indian ocean. The emphasis on the shades of blue is a reminder of that simultaneous feeling of beauty and humility, humility that not only I must have as a very small part of the entire natural ecosystem, but also of the colonies of reefs that protect the island from storms and floods. The minimal hint of a sandy texture is an acknowledgment of the multifarious beauty of the island but a deliberate gesture of steering away from the limited vista of sitting on the beach ‘sipping a cocktail’. Medium: Acrylic Paints, Markers and Pen on Paper. Show more