Last month, I told you that I had begun a painting. Other than the annual painting that I do for my Christmas card, it had been quite a while since I had done any artwork. I finally finished the picture a few days ago. It's of the Palace of Sayil.
Sayil was a Mayan city in the Yucatán Peninsula which was probably established around AD 800. It rapidly reached its height around AD 900 when it had a population of about 10,000 people with another 5000 living in tributary communities. By AD 1000 the city had been abandoned. The largest and most impressive of the remaining ruins is that of the Grand Palace which is over 275 feet long.
This week I will take the painting to a nearby shop to have it framed. I will hang it by the entrance to the bedroom in the apartment next to where I already have a wooden carving of a Mayan king on the wall.
I can put the paints away for a while, but I already have a subject in mind for my next painting. It will be for my 2025 Christmas card. I know it seems early to even think about that, but I need to do the painting, and get cards printed and made out before I go to Ohio in the fall.
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