Time passing (4) Size:48cm x 60cm, 18.9inches x 23.6inches Living art

Living art

and its hidden powers

The rough stucco and the sheltered but shady conditions had allowed these moulds to grow and bloom in soft cloudy patterns

not by the paintings but by the wall of an inner courtyard

glow amongst the grey-green of sea purslane

Time passing (4) Size:48cm x 60cm, 18.9inches x 23.6inches Living artTake a look at this image. Then look again, knowing that you are seeing part of a wall painted almost 2000 years ago in the Roman city of Pompeii. These manmade fragments survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE to be moulded and weathered by sun, rain and wind ever since. We are part of nature, and nature is part of us. Part of my Roman series.