Moroccan Memories

Cafe Tissardmine Morocco

In March 2023 I was accepted and embarked on a three week artist residency at Cafe Tissardmine in Morocco. Cafe Tissardmine is not for the faint hearted being located in a very remote part of Morocco on the edge of the Saharan desert. But it was this isolation and solitude that drew me to this very special place and allowed me to create for three weeks solid exploring a very unique landscape, and culture. A experience that profoundly affected my creativity and filled me with immense joy.

TITLE Erg Chebbi

MEDIUM Ink and pigment On Paper

SIZE 15 cm x 21 cm

DESCRIPTION

The wind races across the sand dunes slowly moving and changing their shape grain by grain

TITLE Waiting

MEDIUM Pigment and Ink on paper

SIZE 16 x 41 cm

DESCRIPTION The local women in Tissardmine Morocco would wait every day perched on the fossil ridges while their husbands, brothers, and uncles would sit on their motor bikes on the highest nearby ridge waiting to see the dust of the 4WD's coming with tourists to see the fossils. When the 4WD's arrived, the women would quickly display their fossils, crystals and the like hoping for a sale. Those lucky enough to have a sale would see their male family member quickly come down after the 4WD's left for the money. They would then wait again.

TITLE Chatting

MEDIUM Pigment / Ink & Acrylic on paper

SIZE 23 x 61 cm

DESCRIPTION

The rhythm of life in Morocco is slow with time taken to build relationships and share news and gossip especially when meeting at the markets or other gathering points. While the men are off selling their livestock or wears groups of women gather and sit to share their stories update family happenings and restrengthen their bonds across distance.

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