Field Patterns

I wasn’t happy with this sketch overlooking the town of Furnas from the top of one of the surrounding mountains.  I didn’t have time or patience for a redo, so instead I focused on the field patterns as a sort of plans view.  These fields are defined by immaculately dry-stone walls which describe clear delineation of the landscape and are a defining element of Sao Miguel’s cultural landscape.

As a quickie, I  did a sort of plan view, and then on the flight home abstracted it another step, simplifying the shapes and using different colours.  The "in-joke" about the colour selection being blue and yellow make green and if you add a dab of red, you can make olive....ok, I admit that's really obscure.