Laconia in early Spring is one of the most beautiful places to
be. The abundance of colours is
impressive. The highest peaks of Mount Taygetos are covered
in brightly shining white; yellow, red, pink and violet flowers enliven the green meadows and the sky
is nearly always blue. It’s not difficult for a painter to find a
subject to paint. No matter how
inspiring nature may be though , quite often a landscape becomes more
interesting when one can include an architectural construction. My dear father, Jan
Poelstra, who left us last year only a
week before his eighty-third birthday (may his memory last forever) was a successful architect. It was his opinion
that a building appropriately designed accomplishes nature.
In many of my paintings I’ve acted upon his principle
(see for instance here). Human
intervention does not necessarily have to be the point of focus in a painting. In
this oil painting the bell tower of the Pantanassa Monastery in Mystras serves as background to the Mediterranean Spurge.
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