30 x 40 cm. Oil on panel. small-sized ‘alla prima’ paintings Finished after a session in the studio. Making paintings ‘en plein air’ is a complicated process & it differs from painting to painting. No two happen in the same way. Each have their own specific way of unfolding. Some seem to just pop out,…
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Oak Branches (unfinished state)
30 x 40cm. Oil on panel. First leaves of oak, with a bronzey tinge – ‘bronzage’ (presumably not bronzed from the sunshine). The sun is now getting hot, the land expiring alot of moisture, a mist hanging over the meadows, the grass knee high. I had to break off painting this because a flock of…
Vieux Têtards
30 x 40 cm . Oil on panel. vieux têtards (fr) = old coppiced willows (en) Same coppiced willows but from the otherside this time. Contre-jour late afternoon, the spring sun light shining on the leaves. Sivery undersides. You can just about make out Henri’s ‘ haras’ or horse riding track in the foreground. He…
Vers Cunéges depuis Montlong
48 x 61 cm. Oil on Canvas. 2006. Ask for price. I was rooting around in my painting stock & dug this one out from last autumn. Always a bit of a jolt to redsicover old works. I’m getting ready for an exhibition ‘Festivale Flore Faune en Périgord Pourpre’ (Cunéges, 26 mai – 2 juin),…
Le Pays du Dropt – peinture
‘Chez Henri et Yvette ‘ 30 x 40 cm. Oil on Panel. Another of my neighbours, here in ‘Le Pays du Dropt.’ The coppiced willows, ‘vieux têtards’, follow the old chemin communal which used to run from Castillonès to Villéreal. Here is a place where you can feel the history in landscape; It hasn’t yet…
Terre Rouge, Appellation de Cahors.
‘Terre Rouge, Appellation de Cahors.’ 30 x40 cm. Oil on Panel. Another thing surprising thing about the Quercy Blanc region is ‘La Terre Rouge’, the red soil that seeps out from underneath the white chalk strata. It’s a heavy clay soil rich in rust (red iron oxide). In the mid-ground, you can just about make…
Vignoble dans le Quercy Blanc
‘Vignoble dans le Quercy Blanc’ 30 x 40 cm. Oil on Panel. sold A passer-by on internet might well assume the white in this painting to be snow. But is not. It is something far more surprising…in fact, it’s white chalk, which gives the name to the region in the Lot called ‘Quercy Blanc’. A…
Tournon d’Agenais (47)
‘La Tour’ 30 x 40 cm. Oil on Panel. Tournon d’Agenais in the Lot & Garonne, from the valley. The spring greens are beginning to shine.
Pruniers #2 – Unfinished State
12 Figure (format Français) 50 x 61 cm. Oil on Canvas. Unfinished state. I had an interesting conversation with my neighbour, Monsuier Verdier whose plum orchard I’ve painted here, about ‘la lune rousse’. If the night sky is clear, the april moon will shine with a red tinge & there will be a risk of…
painting of clouds
‘Sur Boisse, Journée Pluvieuse’25 Figure, 81 x 65 cm, Oil on Canvas. SOLD. Rainy day paintings, rain down on me, shiny white gleaming reflections under dark clouds overhead, forces beyond our control…