07 December 2008

A Painting A Week - No.3



8th December 2008 [SOLD]
Pezenas Cafe
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 12 x 18cm Mounted Size: 24 x 30cm
Price mounted: A$60 (Plus $A10 postage and handling)

I took this photo in Pezenas about a month ago. Sadly, all the tables and chairs are now mostly inside in the warmth! Pezenas has been a buzzing market town since the Middle Ages. The 'old town' today is a maze of narrow streets with artiste's galleries and interesting small shops.

05 December 2008

Welcome to A Painting A Week

Just to reiterate to the newcomers, my intention is join a large group of artists worldwide, who are producing "A Painting A Day".
At this early stage, I'm being realistic and promising at least one small, reasonably priced painting each week! This will be emailed out to everyone and all the relevant information relating to that painting will be shown here on my Blogsite.

If you would like to be added to this mailing list, please email me:
jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com
or
jackie@jackiesherwood.com

I do also have a separate website showing all my available paintings, and keeping you in touch with exhibitions etc I have coming up.
Have a look at: www.jackiesherwood.com

Many thanks for visiting.
Jackie

04 December 2008

A Painting a Week - No.2



4 December 2008
[SOLD]
Languedoc Poppies
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 18 x 12cm Mounted Size: 30 x 24cm
Price mounted: A$60 (Plus $A10 postage and handling)

I've just finished this small painting of some poppies from a photo I took a few months back. Its rather nice to work on something colourful when the vines and fields are looking so wintery.

01 December 2008

A Painting a Week - No.1



1 December 2008
[SOLD]
Collioure Facades
Acrylic & Ink
Painting Size: 18 x 12cm
Mounted Size: 30 x 24cm
Price mounted: A$60

Collioure is a small fishing port on the Mediterrean coast near the Spanish border. In the early 20th century it was a favourite haunt of the Fauvists; Matisse, Dufy, Dupain etc. Many of the houses along the pretty, narrow streets are painted in vivid colours, recognising their Fauvist style of painting.

28 November 2008

A Painting a Day, or perhaps a Week!

Having recently digested the wonderful websites/blogspots worldwide by a large group of artists (after discovering Julian Merrow Smith, an artist living in Provence) who have adopted "A Painting a Day", I think its time for me to expand my horizons and join in.
It will not only be a challenge and a wonderful discipline, but also a great way to keep my family and friends in touch with what I'm actually doing here on the other side of the world!
Initially, although I intend to work towards the Painting A Day..., I will produce at least one small painting each week, and email it out to everyone on my mailing list.
I will also post it on this Blogsite, along with the price and information about size, medium etc.
If anyone would like to buy that painting, simply email me and we will work out payment and delivery details. Obviously there is absolutely no pressure to buy anything, and if you'd prefer to be taken off the mailing list, please just let me know. At some stage in the future, I will send out a form, asking whether you'd like to remain on the mailing list for these paintings.

I will still be adding to this Blogsite regularly to write and to post sketches and photographs about life here in the Languedoc, on our recent travels and general day to day happenings.

Stay tuned for the first painting in the first week of December......

13 November 2008

Languedoc Autumn


Wonderful vibrant colours as far as the eye can see - what more can I say. Take a look at my Languedoc Autum photos on http://picasaweb.google.com.au/jackiesinfrance

15 October 2008

Towards Spain


We recently spent a couple of days at one of our favourite spots along the coast just above the Spanish border. Collioure is a wonderful colourful fishing village, a little touristy, but not too spoilt. In the early 20th century it was a favourite haunt of the Fauvists; Matisse, Dufy, Dupain etc. and even now many of the houses along the pretty narrow streets are painted in vivid colours, recognising this Fauvist style of painting. The light is also considered particularly special along this part of the coast.

The next town along is Port Vendres, though not quite as stunning as Collioure, its coloured fishermans cottages overlook a pretty working harbour and marina.

Next stop Spain. We ventured along the winding coast road into Spain and stopped briefly at Port de la Selva, a white higgeldy piggeldy town sitting low on the water with the afternoon sun peeking through the clouds.