Saudi Arabia formed as a country between the two world wars, just before vast oil reserves were tapped. Of course its the world's largest oil producer by quite a margin, even more than the neighboring countries in the middle east. Most of the geography is flat desert, with grass land and rivers more to the east. There is a also a mountainous region that gets the occasional snowfall. The painting shows some cliffs receding into the distance with a stretch of desert. When cliffs or steep mountains erode, rubble accumulates at the bottom creating the skirted shape.
With yet more rain today I put together eight more world inspired landscape paintings trying to move the chain closer to the finish line on the series.
World Inspired Landscapes: Saudi Arabia, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2025
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