TAHT IT-TORRI gets its title after the view from the Red Tower whereabouts in Mellieha. It is an expressionist landscape created with greens, yellow ochre and reds. The use of complimentary colours, strategically placed next to their primaries, almost make the painting ‘vibrate’. I was not interested in portraying a realistic perspective but my real focus was to convey the mood of the place, presenting the viewer with peaceful stillness that had originally caught my attention.

Keith Balzan

 

Related Paintings: SUNSET OVER THE VALLEY