Henry Moore did a series of "helmet" forms at one point. Elizabeth Frink did a series of "goggle heads", figures of sunshade bedecked heads. In developing a body of sculptural works I have hit on the idea of doing some female heads in headscarves or shawls. I am exploring how these items can hide/reveal the wearer as well as looking at their aesthetic value.
Moore's helmet forms had the warrior's face half hidden in the helmet. Picasso produced something similar from time to time. Frink's sunspectacled heads did the same. The shades hid the eyes but revealed something else. I think my covered female heads will do the same thing.

Self Portrait. I have usually done one every year or so by drawing "from the life" with the aid of a mirror. This time I worked from a recent photo. I have included it in my profile. It's time I updated it anyway. That last one was done in Larnaka three years ago. Doesn't time fly?

These two drawings are part of a sculptural concept . Drawn on 300 gsm. paper and 35 x 50 cm., slightly bigger than A3. I did the one one the left first. It is primarily a graphite drawing but with a little colour added. On completion I wasn't entirely satisfied with it so re-did it as a monochrome drawing. In both cases I aimed to have the centre of the picture in sharp focus and fusing out towards the periphery. It is a style I have developed of late; I do this to focus the viewer on the central theme of the subject.The work is titled "Libation". Of course there is Cypriot influence here. On the one hand the quasi-Hellenic figures and the other the reference to an ancient culture.