Monday, November 17, 2008

Playing the Kora from the Heart 11x14 Pastel on BFK Paper


Playing the Kora from the Heart 11x14 Pastel on BFK Paper

A painting from the series of the International Festival in Lawton Oklahoma. This instrument that is being played in this scene is a Kora, a west African 21 string harp-lute that produced a very beautiful calming sound. The group was the KUMAASI African Ensemble - they have a website but it has not been updated so it may not be available but here is the link: http://www.kumaasi.org/cgi-bin/events.pl

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