Era Series
Inspired by the ancient threshing floor (la era in Spanish) at his home outside Ronda, Seaton’s iterations explore the continual, seasonal play of light and atmosphere across this vast cobblestone circle.
Most works in the series were painted in pure dry pigments on heavy paper, but two paintings, Era V and Era XIX, were painted on linen or canvas. For full details on individual works, contact the artist.
Its traditional dry-stone construction dates back to the Iron Age, but Seaton’s threshing circle probably dates to when his house was a ventorillo, or small roadside inn. Located where ancient roads to Madrid, Seville, Cadíz, and Gibraltar once met, the house has stood on this same spot, in one form or another, for at least 500 years. And its era was once a shared resource for local farmers, who would bring their grain there to be threshed and winnowed.
