A Painting a Week - No.19

17th June 2009 [SOLD]
Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus $A10 postage and handling)

On our way through to Greece we spent a couple of nights in Moneglia, a lovely little town south of Genoa and finally, I got to visit the Cinque Terre villages of Italy. Five beautiful colourful villages tucked into the mountains along the coast, and spilling down into the brilliant acqua waters. We visited three of them, and the camera worked overtime!

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me at either jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com or jackie@jackiesherwood.com to arrange payment and delivery.

A Painting a Week - No.18

12th June 2009 [SOLD]
Poppies Galore
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 15 x 21cm
Price A$80
(Plus $10 postage and handling)
If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me at either jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com or jackie@jackiesherwood.com to arrange payment and delivery.

A Painting A Week - No.17

For Sale - 4th June 2009 [SOLD]
St Paul de Vence, Provence
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus $A10 postage and handling)

Here we are back in Greece once again. Creatively though, I’ve put the brakes on and stayed in France as I wanted paint some of the small hilltop villages in Provence. St Paul de Vence is a medieval fortified village in the Gorges de Loup, up in the hills north of Cannes. The area is a mecca for artists with lots of interesting galleries tucked away in the narrow streets.

We had a great drive through Provence and spent two nights there to recover from packing up the house yet again. We then drove into Italy for two nights in Moneglia, where we finally managed to hop on a local train and spend some time in Cinque Terra – visited 3 of the 5 villages – totally amazing – paintings will follow! After the drive across Italy, we had a very long delayed ferry trip having stopped in the middle of the night to offload a seriously ill truck driver (we suspect probably deceased!), and then a diversion to Brindisi in southern Italy (we sailed from Ancona further up north) where we had to await Italian police clearance before we could leave.... In fact, we were still in Italy 5 hours after we were supposed to be in Greece...... aaah the joys of travel!

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me at either jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com or jackie@jackiesherwood.com to arrange payment and delivery.

A Painting a Week - No.16

25th May 2009 [SOLD]

Mont-St-Michel

Acrylic & Ink Painting

Size: 21 x 15cm

Price A$80

(Plus $A10 postage and handling)

I painted this one from a photo I took a on a visit to Normandy a couple of years ago. Anyone who has been to Normandy is bound to have been astounded to see le Mont-St-Michel. Its an impressive sight; a tiny rocky island attached to the mainland, which is totally surrounded by water only twice a month. Sitting on a great granite base, it has one cobblestone street which climbs in three spirals to the towering Benedictine abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, an architectural masterpiece built in the 13th century.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me at either jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com or jackie@jackiesherwood.com to arrange payment and delivery.

A Painting a Week - No.15

19th May 2009 [SOLD]
Puy L'Eveque, The Lot
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 21 x 15cm

Price A$80

(Plus $A10 postage and handling)

Puy L'Eveque is a stunning little village scrambling down the hillside towards the Lot River. I thought it was time to have a painting from my other 'much loved' area of France, The Lot.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me at either jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com or jackie@jackiesherwood.com to arrange payment and delivery.

A Painting a Week - No.14

For Sale - 11th May 2009
A Field of Poppies
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus $A10 postage and handling)

Here we go again. This is the first painting I've done since arriving back in France last week. The brilliant red poppies are everywhere; along the side of the roads, great swathes of them across fields, in little patches on the roundabouts - there's no escape - hence this week's painting of a field near Caux, a nearby village.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me at either jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com or jackie@jackiesherwood.com to arrange payment and delivery.

Sydney Life

Long time no see, I know, but I will be getting back to the Paintings A Week very soon.

Life in Sydney has swept me up with a vengence, and its been extremely busy getting paintings finished, framed and ready for the exhibition. Now all 40 paintings are hanging on the Gallery walls and ready and waiting....... mostly new ones from 2008, but a smattering of old favourites as well!!
If you don't make it to the opening, come along and take a look. Its on from 31st March to 19th April and there's a great coffee shop in the gallery to make it worth the trip!

Washhouse Gallery
711 Darling Street
Rozelle 2039
Gallery Hours:
9am - 5pm | tues-sun
9am - noon | mondays
www.washhousegallery.com.au

My website has recently been updated with all my new paintings so take a peek at that as well.