A Painting A Week No 81

For Sale - 5th April 2011  [SOLD]
Fleuriste de St Germain, Paris
Size: 15 x 21cm
Price A$90
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I love the little florist shops all over Paris with the overflowing buckets of brightly coloured flowers.

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A Painting a Week - No 72

For Sale - 1st February 2011  [SOLD]

Archway at the Louvre, Paris

Size: 15 x 21cm
Price A$90
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Anyone who has been to Paris and visited the Louvre, I'm sure, has stood underneath this beautiful archway and had their photo taken. Although I suspect I've probably photographed it on every visit to Paris, I've always found it tricky to capture it without too many 'other' damned tourists in the way, or I've not been there when the light has been right.

The archway is actually officially known as the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel but I doubt anyone actually knows it as that! It was built between 1806 and 1808 as a 'triumphal arch' to commemorate Napoleon's military victories of the previous year.

The painting has the appearance of more of a watercolour than I would usually do (especially since I paint in acrylic!), but the underpainting came together so nicely, that I didn't dare venture any further!

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A Painting a Week - No 67

For Sale - 28th December 2010
A Glimpse of Paris #2
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$90
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As I mentioned in the email, I painted this one at the same time as 'A Glimpse of Paris #3', following our stay there in October. I particularly love being in Paris in autumn, but for some reason this year, a lot of the leaves on the trees looked as though it was spring, with fresh lime green foliage - perhaps there'd been more rain than usual.

I tried to get in some Paris sketching, but it was a little cold to spend much time outside with my pen and sketchbook. What little I did seems ok and I stayed fairly loose, probably because I couldn't take much time fiddling with them. I've posted some of these Paris sketches on my new Art Blog http://jackiesherwood.weebly.com/art-blog.html

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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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The Languedoc and Paris

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So before too long, off we went again, this time towards our old stomping ground of the Languedoc where Peter and I did battle with various bits of French bureacracy - not sure whether we've had a win yet, and my visa renewal is sure to be a long ongoing saga. It was nice to be in the familiar serenity of the valleys of vineyards until the weather packed up and we had two days of torrential rain. We did manage to visit Rouquefort and do a tour through the caves where they make the famous smelly cheese. Another damp day we went to Carcassonne, and we also introduced Rita to some of our favourite towns such as Sete (where we also managed to see a Raoul Dufy exhibition - one of my very favourite artists), and Pezenas.

 

Then it was Paris where we spent a week with Rita in a lovely apartment next to the Seine on the very smart Ile St Louis. This small island is like an oasis from the rush of the hectic city. It's almost as if someone dropped a small French village into the center of Paris, with its markets, bakeries, fromageries, cafés and us! Winter struck when we were there - a real wake up after the warmth of Greece, but at least we knew we could leave it behind when we left!

Our days in Paris were spent walking, and eating and shopping (well, Rita and I anyway!), and walking more. It was once again lovely to be there and have enough time to explore those parts I never seemed to get to on previous visits. There was a very big new Monet Exhibition on at the Grande Palais but sadly it was prebooked until November unless one was prepared to queue for 3 hours, which we weren't. We did visit Musee Marmotten though, after a lovely bus ride through to the 16th arrondissment. A lovely gallery of mostly Monet, and well worth the extra effort to get there.

After 6 weeks of wonderful travelling we headed back to the Languedoc in the TGV again - a wonderful way to travel but pity they had to stop the train a few stops earlier than expected - French strikes yet again. We spent a few more days in the Languedoc before another drive back to Greece to settle back into Koroni for our first Greek winter........ whatever that may bring.

A Painting a Week - No 58

For Sale - 18th October 2010  [SOLD]
Paris Café
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$90
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As mentioned in my email, we're currently in Paris so this is an appropriate painting for this week. Almost every corner seems to have a cafe with brightly coloured chairs all lined up under the awnings, and in this cold weather, plenty of outdoor gas heaters. The predominent colour of the awnings and/or chairs seems to be red. Needless to say, I've many many photos of cafes in various colours, so they will be appearing frequently in the weekly paintings I'm sure, along with market scenes, coloured baskets nd all the other goodies I've snapped whilst travelling.

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A Painting a Week - No 48

For Sale - 3rd June 2010 [SOLD]
Café, L'Isle St Louis, Paris
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A $ 90
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Back to France for this week’s painting although a little late because I've been in the hot hustle and bustle of Athens taking in some ancient Greek columns!

I took this photo of the cafe (Brasserie de l'Isle Saint Louis) when walking across the bridge from L’Ile de Cité to L’Ile Saint Louis, the two islands in the middle of the Seine in Paris. As always the colours and the rows of tables and chairs caught my eye. It was a bitterly cold day, hence the lack of people sitting outside.

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A Painting a Week - No 43

For Sale - 12th April 2010 [SOLD]
Montmartre, Paris
Size: 15 x 21cm
Price A$90
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As I said in the email, this week’s painting is another wintery scene, this time from Montmartre, one of my favourite parts of Paris. As well as the ‘artistic flavour’ around the area, with the artists painting outdoors in the famous square at Place du Tertre, I love the steep steps which cut down through the typical Parisian apartment buildings, and the stately rows of trees and lamp posts. Sacre Coeur stands out proudly overlooking the area, and you’re rewarded with glimpses of this magnificent white domed basilica peeking between the buildings.

The area is a mass of narrow streets with shops selling all manner of interesting ‘stuff’ – to the south-east is Boulevard de Magenta with its tiny shops crammed with a strange mixture of mobile phones, various coloured wigs and garish wedding regalia. To the west is Pigalle with the Moulin Rouge and the red light district, which I do admit I didn't venture very far into!

I always enjoy painting snippets of Paris – there’s something about it that calls for me to use a more muted palette than usual, though I guess this shouldn't necessarily be the case in such a colourful city.

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A Painting a Week - No 35

For Sale - 24th November 2009
A Glimpse of Paris #2
Size: 15 x 21cm
Price A$80
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Another painting of Paris - though I must admit that clouds seem to dominate most of my photos taken there over various seasons. I took this photo along the side of the Seine in the vicinity of the Louvre.

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A Painting a Week - No 30

For Sale - 19th October 2009 [SOLD]

Autumn in Les Tuileries, Paris
Acrylic & Ink Painting

Size: 21 x 15cm

Price A$80

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Le jardin des Tuileries is Paris's most central garden. From the 12th century, this area was occupied by roof-tile factories (tuileries meaning tiles) that were surrounded by pumpkin fields and in the 1500s a palace was built on the site and surrounded with extensive Florentine-inspired gardens. Its a truly beautiful park in all seasons - vivid with flowers and new growth in spring; leafy and cool in summer; brilliant with golden and rust colours (and crunching leaves) in autum; stark and elegant with rows of bare trees in the winter, especially stunning with a layer of snow! It offers a haven from the hectic Paris traffic in the surround streets.

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A Painting a Week - No 26

For Sale - 14th September 2009 [SOLD]

A Glimpse of Paris
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
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If you've visited Paris, I'm sure it's left some lasting images in your memory. One of these images for me has always been the beautiful and unique buildings alongside the Seine; hence this painting.

I'm looking forward to spending a little time more there in February on our way back to Sydney.

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