Commencement of the Baroque Type:art print

Commencement of the Baroque Type:art printCommencement of the Baroque by Sue Johnson 2011. Photographic reproduction by Malcolm Osman of an original work in gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper.

while on the right a crowd of shoppers and traders gathers in the road

Close up portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya

while in the distance beyond high ridged dunes rise along the horizon

The two men at the back of the line both carry falcons

In the background a building sits behind a low ridge of sand

A third man sits to the left of the standing boys

Further along on the far side of the creek one and two storey houses made of coral are built close together in the Shindagha district

and above the sky is empty of clouds

and high canopies cast shade over the street

In the central foreground one man adjusts the saddle on a couched camel

He has his eyes closed and is laughing

Camels wait around the well for water