Description 'Mundo Maya Belize' World of the MayaI created Mundo Maya to show the mainland of Belize, the locations of the Maya ruins, and the wildlife found in the rainforest of Central America. It started as a companion map to the Ambergris Caye Chart but soon took off with an energy of its own and gave me an incurable archaeological bug and a deep love of hieroglyphs, petroglyphs, and pictographs.I wanted to know the meaning of a few glyphs to use as markers for Maya ruins scattered across the country. That quest led me to an Archaeologist living and working in Belize. He loaned me reference books: and soon, I was so hooked on studying the artwork and hieroglyphs of the Maya people that I thought I'd never finish the map. And at moments, I didn't want to finish it; when I wasn't studying Mayan hieroglyphs, I was sitting in the jungle or at the Belize zoo, sketching wildlife for the map. I created this map using an old fashion crow quill pen and a well of India Ink on Arches watercolor paper and layered it with watercolor and colored pencil. (The original drawing has sold).
Savanna Redman, British Virgin Islands ~ Caribbean Member Since November 2006 Artist Statement I'm inspired by nature, wildlife, travel and ancient cultures.
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