Writings on a wall of Oplontis – Pompeii series
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Sirkku Ala-Harja: Writings on a wall of Oplontis – Pompeii series

Completion year: 2022
Technique: acrylic, pastel and chalk on canvas
Size: 73 x 110
Keywords: Antiikki, fresco, maavärit, kerroksellisuus, rosoisuus, harmonia, abstrakti, viiva, Sirkku Ala-Harja, Pompeii, vedenomaisuus
Writings on a wall of Oplontis is part of Pompeii series, where old historical layers of time of antique, Greece and Rome are present. Painting is realised in layers of earth pigments, symbolic writings in chalk and pastel. Textlike marks on the surface of canvas are like melodies, thoughts or ancient poems.