NATALYA CRITCHLEY

The mountain

Some of these commissioned projects have been fundamental to my becoming reconciled with this new landscape. One for example, is a series of 360 degree views from the heliport on the top of a big bank. Taking in the surrounding cityscape, from the shanty towns to the modernist town centre, and the imposing Avila mountain. Caracas is dominated by the Avila mountain wherever you are. It sperates the city from the coast. The mountains contain and enclose the anarchic and chaotic city but because it is so steep is still pristine and wild.

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Sarria

'Sarria'
Pastel on paper, 70 x 100 cms, 2002

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