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I can't help thinking that it's some kind of creature? A wasp
perhaps? |
And this might be the head of an ant. |
A sheep or goat? |
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This is more like a llama, in a design taken from
an Inca vase. |
The line-work is calligraphic - is there a message for us? |
There seems to be some reference to 20th century art: Miró? |
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The figure on the left reminds me of the magical transformations
of Picasso drawings but the pirouettes (above)
have a sustained rhythm that is more like Matisse.
Or Klee taking a line for a walk. |
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There appears to be a figure on the left: I could
see it as some spooky cartoon version of the grim reaper,
wrapping himself in his cloak and twiddling his fingers like a dastardly
pantomime villain.
But all this is in the eye of the beholder. It could just be a
landscape; a woodland scene.
I've added the colour in Photoshop so it's about time
that I let you see the whole of the original design, which was purely
in line: |
When Barbara saw the original (which isn't on paper) she guessed that
I had drawn it, but, no; it isn't mine.
I can tell you that two individuals worked on it (one horizontally left
to right, the other vertical, top to bottom). Any guesses as to what it
is? There's a clue on this page. I should add that the original isn't
in black on white.
Answer on the next page. . . 
Richard Bell, richard@willowisland.co.uk
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