Ben Chetcuti Art

Il-Kappella ta’ Bir Miftuh

This understated chapel is for many the last example of historic architecture that they will see before leaving Malta. Located just outside the airport, this chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, served as a parish for many of the villages in the south of Malta when it was first built in the 1430s. The chapel was desecrated by the Turks during the great siege in 1565 however remained functional as a parish until the late 1600s when the current church in Gudja was built. It is now maintained by .

Watercolour sketches …. A bit overzealous with the tape removal… from 🎨 🏝️ 🥥 🌺

Tegallalang rice terraces

Watercolour sketch

Tanah lot temple bali

https://timesofmalta.com/article/maltese-artists-works-exhibited-luxembourg.1094323

Maltese artists’ works exhibited in Luxembourg Paintings were sold in aid of the Maltese charity Save and Support Trust

Very pleased with this ☺️ facade in red
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Super excited to have one of my paintings ( Mellieha Parish Church) hanging in the European Court of Justice as part of this exhibition to commemorate Malta’s 20 years in the EU. Many thanks to Malta Impressions, Victor Grech for the invite to contribute to this!

Opening of the exhibition at the European Courts of Justice

The will-o’-the-wisp was also known as the Spunkie in the Scottish Highlands where it would take the form of a linkboy (a boy who carried a flaming torch to light the way for pedestrians in exchange for a fee), or else simply a light that always seemed to recede, in order to lead unwary travellers to their doom.The spunkie has also been blamed for shipwrecks at night after being spotted on land and mistaken for a harbour light.Other tales of Scottish folklore regard these mysterious lights as omens of death or the ghosts of once living human beings. They often appeared over lochs[or on roads along which funeral processions were known to travel.A strange light sometimes seen in the Hebrides is referred to as the teine sith, or “fairy light”

Science proposes that will-o’-the-wisp phenomena (ignis fatuus) are caused by the oxidation of phosphine (PH3), diphosphane (P2H4), and methane (CH4). These compounds, produced by organic decay, can cause photon emissions.

Just for fun ..ink drawing.
“the pondling”

Another
This time
Ink on paper

First painting for 2024! A facade somewhere in Malta. Ink on paper.A place known for its colourful doors. Any guesses to where this might be? (Photo taken in 2019)

First painting for 2024! A facade somewhere in Malta. Ink on paper.A place known for its colourful doors. Any guesses to where this might be? (Photo taken in 2019)

going through some reference photos I took back in 2019.
found a photo I took of this little house named "Gem". like many other gems, left to ruin and tagged with a PA permit. wonder what's become of it now?

Abstract for the most discerning client :

Trying out my new cricut machine to make a small model balcony

“Matricide”
A watercolour sketch inspired by and depicting the unregulated attack on the local environment, history and culture of the Maltese islands.
Art draws inspiration from its surroundings and every time I return to the island, another piece of the Malta i knew has been buried under a concrete box. Every tower-crane stands as a victorious monument to personal gain, greed and their triumph over our history and heritage . They stand to remind us that local agencies have more to gain from lining the coffers of the few than to fulfil their duties and protect the local and natural built environment.

“The new village core”
Watercolour sketch

Mdina street
Watercolour sketch

Blue door in mdina
Ink on paper

It’s ready, and just in time for the !
Sunset over Mellieha parish church with the sanctuary in the foreground.

Under the barnacle sky
Ink on seashell
Wasn’t sure if this was going to work but really happy at how it turned out 😃

14 hrs and still sketching the guide 😭

By the sea…
Harbourside shack, dunure