Naïve art from Morocco

Week 17's Emerald Green, Indigo, Burnt Orange and Saffron, updated colour mixing

This week I'm in Fes, Morocco teaching on an art retreat. This beguiling and ancient city with it’s UNESCO-recognised Medina at its centre is an inspiring place to be. I'm featuring a work by the Moroccan outsider artist Chaibia Talal and the colours I've chosen strike me as very much the colours that surround me here.

Chaïbia Talal (1929-2004) has to be one of the most famous Moroccan painters of the 20th century, a period where female artists faced incredible barriers in a conservative society. Self-trained, she is well known for her brightly coloured, naïve paintings of women.