A Painting a Week - No 22

For Sale - 17th August 2009 [SOLD]
Abbaye de Sénanque amidst the Lavender, Provence
Acrylic & Ink Painting
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

Summer in France is a special event, especially when in lavender country. This beautiful medieval abbey, located in a wild valley just north of Gordes, is one of the special places to see Provence's famed lavender fields. One step out of the car and the perfume will be with you for days! The abbey was founded in 1148 and went through centuries of ups and downs, but once again today, is populated by Cistercian monks.

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

More paintings to come soon

Well, after a wonderful 2 months in Greece, we're now back in France and getting ourselves unpacked and organised in our Montagnac house. We're having fun comparing the differences between France and Greece. Everything in France seems much more 'subtle' - the neat countryside, the light, the people, the language, whereas Greece is bright, messy and loud!

Once we started moving about in Greece, it was a bit tricky to continue the paintings each week (a lousy excuse I know - where's the commitment!) and our internet access was a bit sporadic to say the least! So after a few more days to get my painting gear unpacked and to decide which photos and which country to paint, I'll have another Painting A Week off to you all.....

Hope everyone on this side of the world is enjoying their summer, and you all down-under are looking forward to spring after your rather chilly winter this year.

A Painting a Week - No.21

For Sale - 10th July 2009

A Sunflowery Day

Acrylic & Ink Painting

Size: 21 x 15cm

Price A$80

(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

I took this photo in the Lot district of France last year and being mid summer now, it seemed approprate for a painting. I've also seen vast fields of sunflowers here in Northern Greece, but somehow they need an old stone house in the distance!

If you're 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.20

For Sale - 23rd June 2009  [SOLD]

Manarola Facades, Cinque Terre, Italy

Acrylic & Ink Painting

Size: 15 x 21cm

Price A$80

(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

Another painting from Manarola. I just couldn't stop taking photos of the jumble of buildings squeezed into the small space around the harbour. I feel sure there'll be paintings of Riomaggiore and Vernazza, the other two villages we visited, at some stage.

If you're 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.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.