‘Sunset : 21 December, longest night’ medium size oil on canvas 8 figure (46 x 38 cm; approx 18 x 14 inches) © adam cope oil painting of sunset on longest night Something amazing happened yesterday. The grey skies that have weighed us under this last month parted & THERE WAS LIGHT. It felt like…
Category: Medium size oil
medium sized oils, with largest dimension greater than 40 cm. French picture formats 6F upwards. 8F & 8P mes preferés
Vines near Boisse
‘Vines near Boisse, Dordogne, France’ Medium Size Oil – Canvas. 51 x 41 cm (20 x 16 inches). © adam cope alla prima This was done in one session, no corrections.. had to paint very quickly as it was my turn to pick the children up good clouds in this medium size oil painting of…
Pruniers, Gascogne
‘Pruniers, Gascogne’ oil on canvas 62,5 x 50 cm (approx 24 3/4 x 19 “/4 inches) © The Artist. pruniers (fr) = plum trees (en) Medium sized oil, which might need an odd retouch here or there. The Lot & Garonne is well known for its prunes. This orchard stands on the heights of Dropt…
Four Paintings Starring the Moon – Coleridge & Symbolic Language
Four paintings by Adam Cope starring the Moon ‘Le Noyer’ 1997 87 x 70 cm Oil on Canvas © The Artist. ‘L’Esperance’ 2004 73 x 54 cm Oil on Canvas © The Artist ‘La Lune Rousse’ 2007 30 x 40 cm oil on panel © the artist ‘Landorre, Quercy’ 2008 6 figure (41…
Morning, Vines
‘Morning, Vines’ Oil on Canvas 36 x 48cm © The Artist. Wet, rainy here in the Dordogne these last two weeks. Been doing all those jobs that free up time in the summer for teaching, exhibiting & painting. Most importantly, my tax returns. ‘slower paintings’ And finishing off ‘slower paintings’ in the studio such as…
Plum Blossom _ Ruskin on Imagination
‘Plum Blossom’ Oil on Canvas 61 X 31 cm © The Artist. Ruskin on Imagination : Wholly in proportion to the intensity of feeling which you bring to the subject you have chosen, will be the depth and justice of your perception of its character (16.370) Modern PaintersThere is reciprocal action between the intensity of…
peinture d’une borie en Quercy Blanc
‘Landorre, Quercy Blanc’ Oil on canvas 50 x 61cm (19,7 x 24inches). © The Artist. 800 € borie = small stone sheperd”s hut Quercy = the old name for the province that lies in & around the lot dept. in sw France Blanc = white, the area has a lot of very white limestone A…
Nature in Dordogne – St Brigids Day
‘Lac de la Nette – After St Brigids Day’ 2008 oil on panel 6 F ( 31 x 44 cm) © The Artist. 300 € – paypal Nature in Dordogne OK, carrying on with a short amble about nature in the Dordogne. This painting was made ‘en plein air’ besides ‘ le lac de la…
Nature in Dordogne – Homage aux Ronces
‘Les Ronces’ 2008 6 F ( 41 x 33 cm) Oil on Panel © The Artist.300 € – PayPal The are still pockets of land unexploitated & ‘in abandon’ ( ‘frisch’) here in the Dordogne. The birds love them, & so too the wild life & the hunters. ‘Les Ronces’ (brambles) grow in profusion in…
La Gravette, Dordogne
La Gravette, Dordogne This is an old stone house built into a cliff face, ‘une maison souterraine’ (literally a subterrian house), which I guess is a better real estate address than ‘une maison troglodyte’ (a troglodyte’s house).It’s the next cliff face on from that of La Gravette in the Couze valley. Périgord…