A Painting a Week - No 35

For Sale - 24th November 2009
A Glimpse of Paris #2
Size: 15 x 21cm
Price A$80
(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

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 34

For Sale - 16th November 2009   [SOLD]
Bonnieux, Provence
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
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Bonnieux is a lovely hillside village perched on the side of the Luberon mountains in Provence - Peter Mayle country!

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Southern Greece – Green Grass and Gum Trees??

Here we are again in Greece after another zip through Italy and onto the Ferry from Brindisi, this time to Patras, halfway down the western side of Greece, which made our drive to Koroni a much more pleasant 4 hours.

Its GREEN! This is the first time either of us have been here at this time of the year, and the normal roadside scenery has changed colour. Instead of the brown and gold crispy looking hillsides, we’re seeing emerald green everywhere, particularly in between the masses of olive trees (we're near Kalamata!). We’re told its been a very wet year and this is not quite the norm. Another thing which has astonished me is the amount of large lush gum trees along the roadsides – sometime I feel as though I could almost be in Australia as we drive through.

All is going well here in Koroni, and the town is looking as lovely as we remembered despite the fact thats its almost winter, so some of the tavernas are shut down, and the main street is all dug up!

Some photos just so you get the picture .......

A Painting a Week - No 33

For Sale - 9th November 2009 [SOLD]
Les Tournesols
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

Aaah sunflowers, the French name tournesol translating as 'turning to the sun', which of course they do. I usually find if I see a big field of sunflowers, they're turning in the opposite direction to me, and I have to pick my time of the day to return and photograph them!

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A Painting a Week - No 32

For Sale - 2nd November 2009
Arles Rooftops
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

Arles is fascinating enough from the ground with all its tiny narrow streets and colourful facades, but when looking down on the miriade of rooftops, its enough to make one dizzy! I've painted various versions of this wonderful Roman city's rooftops and I'm sure there'll be more to come!

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A Painting a Week - No 31

For Sale - 26th October 2009 [SOLD]
Fontaine de Vaucluse, Provence
Size: 21 x 15cm
Price A$80
(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

As soon as I stepped out of the car here, I was stunned by the colour of the water. I believe it changes throughout the seasons, but I clearly recall the vivid emerald greens and deep blues of the river running through and alongside the village. The village of Fontaine de Vaucluse, in the Luberon, is tiny and squeezed in against towering cliffs. It takes its name from the beautiful and mysterious spring feeding the river Sorgue. This spring, at the far end of the village, comes from deep underground and nobody knows how deep...!

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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

(Plus A$10 postage and handling)

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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