When I set about researching the landscape of Monaco using google maps, I was very surprised to see that it basically does not have a landscape. Its a country without a landscape. In fact, most of the tree line visible in the background of Monaco is probably part of France. Monaco is considered a micro-country, a sovereign state nestled in the south of France not too far from Italy. It seems to have a history of powerful ruling families perhaps residual from the Greek and Roman Empires, after which it was largely ignored by France and Italy with some brief times of being taken over by one or the other, and by Nazi Germany in world war II. Since then, Monaco regained its sovereignty and made a fortune off of casino's and off-shore banking. It is one of the wealthiest countries per capita in the same vein as Luxembourg. The concept for the painting was to hide the landscape underneath and between the walls of apartments and houses. Structures are built flush to the rock faces of the Mediterranean, with a few crowded beaches nestled between the rock cliffs and the water.
World Inspired Landscapes: Monaco, watercolour 6 x 12" cold press, April 2024
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