Cyprus
My wife and I lived in the north of Cyprus between the autumn of 2017 and the summer of 2018. From more or less a standing start we did our best to familiarise ourselves with the extraordinarily rich and turbulent politics and history of the island, exploring the ancient ruins and the modern towns, walking in the mountains and along the beaches, observing the wildlife, and making many new friends. Along the way I spent my time busily drawing and sketching and had the good fortune to be able to display my work in my own exhibition at the Centre for Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) in Nicosia. Subsequent visits to the island in 2019 yielded more drawings.
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Agios Georgios, Cape Kormakitis
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Agia Panaghia tou Kyra
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Agios Sozomenos
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Bellapaix panorama
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Bellapaix Abbey
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Bellapaix rooftops
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Buyuk Han, Nicosia
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Dhekelia Sailing Club
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Kemer Cafe, Kyrenia
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Round Tower Square, Kyrenia
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Kyrenia Harbour
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Kyrenia Castle
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Kyrenia Harbour panorama
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Agios Panaghia Kanakaria
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St Hilarion Castle
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St Hilarion Castle, panorama
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St Lazarus Church, Larnaka
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Ravelin Gate, Famagusta
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The Church of St George of the Greeks, Famagusta
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Venetian Wall (looking north), Famagusta
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Venetian Wall (looking south), Famagusta
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Lawrence Durrell's House, Bellapaix
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Ledra St, Nicosia
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Ottoman Cemetery, Kyrenia
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Venetian Wall (looking north), Famagusta
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Coffee drinker, Nicosia
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Irfan Bey Sokak, Nicosia
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Little Bittern, Arapkoy Reservoir
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Little Bittern in flight, Arapkoy Reservoir
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Famagusta Gate, Nicosia
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Araplar Mosque, Nicosia
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Man smoking, Nicosia
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Konstantinou Palaiologou, Nicosia
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Waiting outside Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia
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St Nicholas Cathedral, Famagusta
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Sinan Pasa Sokak (A5), Famagusta
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Agios Charalampos, Akanthou/Tatlisu
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Archangelos Michael Church, Kyrenia
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Kyrenia Steps
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Villa Kaya
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Buyuk Han cafe, Nicosia
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Sinan Pasa Sokak (A4), Famagusta
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Lapta/Lapithos
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Vatican Embassy, Nicosia
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Archangelos Michael Church, Kyrenia
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boatyard, Kyrenia
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Polis
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moped, Kyrenia.
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White Pearl Hotel, Kyrenia
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Customs House, Kyrenia
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unoccupied house, Kyrenia