Thanks so much for stopping by to comment. I’m so glad you liked these paintings! I do think you are right that the tropical places of the world share a special magic all their own. I do so love this place… and my ongoing hope is that I may be able to capture that feeling in my work. It’s good to know I may be making headway toward that end! Thanks for that.

I had never heard of a strabismus John. It certainly hasn’t impeded your artistic progress that’s for sure. I have myopia (hence the glasses) along with at least half the world’s population… but I remember reading an interview with an artist once who attributed her ability to see the large shapes (that most artist’s have to squint to see) with being myopic. It’s odd I guess to see the world as fuzzy round the edges but I prefer to think of it as a soft filter… taking the edge off a more than harsh world and enabling me to see only the essentials. Sometimes it comes in handy!

Beautiful paintings, Jean, as always. I like the dualities. They speak to me, perhaps because I have been afflicted with a strabismus my entire life, weaker muscles in one eye resulting in double vision. I’ve often wondered whether my reading difficulties that resulted from it as a child didn’t push me toward my graphics inclination. Various attempts at cures over the years – wearing an eye patch, surgery, etc. – have improved things but it’s never gone away entirely. So you’ll be delighted to know I can view your diptychs as tetratychs.

Pozzie? I’m going to be needing a glossary of terms. [grin]