Carthaginian Waiting for Her Hero's Return - 29-12-14 T-Shirt

Tunesian Woman This piece ‘Carthaginian waiting for her hero’s return – 29-12-14’ stands on its own I think. Some years back I came in contact with a young Tunesian woman Asma on Facebook. She had this great profile picture of her sitting on the dock of a bay at Tunis. My classical background (latin and greek) associated her with Dido, waiting for Aeneas at Carthage (Cartago). Looking back this one reminds me of stained glass but already with my roundism style employed. I consider roundism as the prolongation of cubism. Composition Asma’s beautiful female and round features I tried to mimic in the wave patterns. From a compositionary point of view all the movement in the negative space around the female form was utterly necessary. I...