A Painting a Week - No 63

For Sale - 29th November 2010 [SOLD]
Uzes Marche

Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$90
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We recently spent a week in Uzes, in the Gard, which is part of the Languedoc region of France and not so far from our old stomping ground! The weekly market, which happened in the square right underneath our bedroom windows, was amazing. On coming downstairs and opening the doors, all we could see was colour. From all the stalls with fruit and vegetables, dried fruit, nuts and everything edible imaginable, to the rows of beautiful scarves, pots, platters, and of course, my favourite - the assorted baskets (paniers) - everywhere..... colour! Perhaps it was the contrast between the stalls and umbrellas, and the fairly plain stone buildings of the Place aux Herbes, but it was probably the most colourful market I've come across in France so far. This will be the first of many paintings inspired from there.

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A Painting a Week - No 62

For Sale - 23rd November 2010 [SOLD]
French Reds & Yellows
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$90
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I took this photo along the side of the road in France. I found that often when I was driving around in the countryside of the Lot, I would come across little patches of brightly coloured flowers - often in the middle of nowhere and for no apparent reason. The combined colours of the red poppies and the yellow of the masses of nasturium-like flowers had me screeching to a halt!

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A Painting a Week - No 61

For Sale - 15th November 2010
Rooftops of Corfu Town
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$90
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We spent a few days in Corfu last month on our way through to Italy. Corfu Town totally impressed me as it really is a beautiful place. Admittedly it is fairly touristy in parts but it has a great buzz about it and you can still feel the 'presence' of the place, despite all the cafes and restaurants. The old town, where we stayed, is made up of masses of interesting narrow streets which are intertwined by wide pedestrianised areas lined with grand colonnaded buildings, built mostly by the Venetians. The rich yellows and ochres of many of the buildings give the town a more Italian than Greek feel and then just to confuse you even more, there are wide green ovals which on which you see white clad men playng cricket.

I took this photo from the top of the New Fort (built around the 1670's) It had the most amazing views over the rooftops of the town and I was in seventh heaven visulizing more paintings (what is it with me and rooftops I wonder - perhaps I was a bird in a previous life!)

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A Painting a Week - No 60

For Sale - 8th November 2010
A Glimpse of Paris # 3
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$90
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Having spent a week in Paris recently, I've endeavoured to paint some of the beautiful rows of buildings lined up along the Seine.  I find its always interesting painting Paris, because where there're buildings involved without any of the brightly coloured cafes, you're confined to working mostly in a blue and gold colour palette. Perhaps some cafes may just crop up soon though. I have so many lovely photos of both the buildings and the cafes they will be cropping up fairly regularly for a while.

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