I’d like to quote from Frank Kane writing in the Observer in January 2005. In it he shares some of the emotions I feel up there, especially on an autumn evening.

Kayakoy autumn,
13″ x 9.5″, Acrylic on card

“The atmosphere is sad, eerie and strangely beautiful, especially in the early evening when the long shadows creep across the road ways. Broken down buildings have the ever present olive trees growing in among their decaying rooms, and it all looks oddly ancient with its discolored buildings and polished stone surfaces. The weather is harsh and extreme up here and alternate frost and searing sun have given the ruins that golden look that many antiquities have taken thousands of years to acquire.”

His article can be read in full at www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2005/jan/30/turkey.observerescapesection.