JILL MIRZA‘Athens Café with Yellow Umbrellas’12 x 16 in / 45.5 x 56 cm Acrylic on Canvas Board 2016
Viewed from a distance outdoor cafés present themselves as theatrical sets, withthe customers as players, often in dappled light or the shadows cast by sun umbrellas.The yellow caste of the light on this café in Athens creates a sense of heat but there areshaded areas that offer escape from the light. The balance of light and shade drew meto this image, my eye being drawn into the central space.