75 x 58cm
Mixed media (acrylics, watercolours, gold leaf & gesso on canvas)
 
Exhilarated by the intensity of the reflections and colours of the rivers running from the mountains to the east of Madrid, I began using gold leaf to recreate some of the iridescence and scintillations coming from beneath the water. 

This is one of the three original, archetypal paintings that I did in this style, from which I have drawn daily inspiration ever since.