Some twenty years ago I was asked to make a number of storyboard illustrations for a big movie project. I can´t remember what the script was exactly about. Anyway the set was presented in the Mayan culture in the dense Central American jungle. If I ‘m not mistaken there were also all kinds of fantasy creatures involved. And actors like Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek were sought-after.
In 1977, my wife and I made a tour to visit the pyramids & ancient sites in South and Central America . From the Aztecs in Mexico to the Incas in Peru. Trough this I had sufficient own photographs of those locations and I could use them as the basis for the illustrations. If ever the movie was released, I don´t know but the watercolours are still here in a box and I found them today whilst clearing away my studio. Memories hence, not only to the time I still occasionally made illustrations, but also keepsakes of our trip, where we got to know each other better.
Beautiful work, Ben. Thanks for sharing!