Spanish Arabesque

"Arabesque"  

This year I've been doing some abstract acrylics on the theme of an arabesque, defined as "a kind of negation of closed geometric forms". The two-foot square piece shown here, called Spanish Arabesque, was inspired by decorations inside San Xavier del Bac outside Tucson, Arizona which I visited in March.  Spanish artists from Mexico City came up the Anza Trail in the 17th century and frescoed the chapel in a lively baroque style with figures, faux-stonework and other embellishments...including arabesques.  I'll have one or two of these canvases in the Thanksgiving ArtSaturna show at the Community Hall.  Karen Muntean