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The view was utterly extraordinary vast stone facades starting hundreds of of feet below and and each crowned with with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a little wood madly inaccessible and and and mysterious the the the foot of of of these peaks houses a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a winding river mak- ing ing ing ing ing ing a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a wide wiggling ribbon of of of cobalt and and and viridian that forms an an an an an inviting flat area to contrast with with the the the the vast columns soaring up in in in in in in in in in in in in front of of me me me There are are are a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a few temples dotted about in in in in in in in in in in in in the the the the landscape reminding me me me me that the the the mountains are are sacred to to the the the Chinese places where god and and and man mind mind and and and body meet for me me too From Francis Hamel’s diary Wuyishan 29th October 2019
(above) 26 Wuyishan Smoke on on the River oil on on linen 81⁄4 x x 14 ins 21 x x 36 cms
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Wuyishan Mountain Study oil on linen 18 x x 22 ins 46 x x 56 cms
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