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The workshop held in Hawaii in July 1991 was not only to take advantage of the volcanic scenery (like Iceland, Hawaii has shield volcanoes of the same type as those on Mars, the biggest of which ~ anywhere ~ is Olympus Mons), but because of the total solar eclipse which was due to take place there.
On that day of all days, Hawaii was clouded out. The IAAA contingent was lucky, though only just! On my retutn home I painted 'Eclipse over Halemaumau'. I didn't actually see the eclipse from this spot, but it is how it would have looked from there. It appeared in several UK astronomical magazines. The original, in oils on canvas, is now available for sale.
Eclipse over Halemaumau


Michael Carroll photographs a strange lava formation, reminiscent of Utah's Goblin Valley. We decided these were formed by molten lava building up around trees, which burnt away.

 lava formation

 

In 1996 the most international party yet held a workshop in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, organized by Jess Artem (who lives on the island). Not just an excuse for sun, sea, etc.: we found wonderful volcanic landscapes around the main volcano, Mt Teidi.

 

For some reason, the other artists called this 'Hardy Rock'. I've no idea why... We had artists from Britain, Germany, Belgium, and the USA. An exhibition (open until June 1997) was set up in the Science Museum in Santa Cruz (La Laguna).

 Hardy Rock

This area was promptly named 'Mars' by the artists. As you see, it needed only a ittle colour correction on the computer to make it complete.

 Mars?!

 

In October 1997 we held an IAAA Board Meeting in Pasadena, and then moved on to a magical site in the Mojave Desert. We visited Kelso Dunes, Amboy Crater, and Cinder Cones ~ all analogues of Mars in different ways. Here I am at Cinder Cones (don't look at the legs!):

 

Cinder Cones

 

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