see a collection of artist ‘s photos of the dordogne
Author: Adam
Exhibition at Les Eyzies, ‘World Capitol of Prehistory’
‘FONT DE GAUME’ (Les Eyzies) watercolour & ink A5 Sketchbook LIMITED EDITION PRINTS AVAILABLE, size A3 : 15 EUROS EXHIBITION – VÉZÈRE / CÉLÉ 12 SEPT _ 3 OCT 2008 L’OFFICE DE TOURISME – LES EYZIES I’m exhibiting at ‘L’Office de Tourisme’ At Les Eyzies, Dordogne. Les Eyzies has the nick-name of ‘The Prehistoric…
Moon Calendars in Prehistoric Art – ‘Meaning’ in Art?
Moon Calendar from Ice Age Europe? I took a photo of this prehistoric artifact at the Museum of Pech-Merle this spring, when they had an exhibition about the stars & prehistory. Regrettably I didn’t get the provenance (I think it might be a find from the Castel Merle grotte). It’s a ‘mobile’ portable artifact, which…
homo sapiens is homo spiritalis
good article in the new yorker concerning the prehistoric cave paintings here in the dordogne & elsewhere in sw france i particularly like the jean clottes quote: Homo sapiens is Homo spiritualis “You can advance a scientific hypothesis without claiming certainty,” Clottes told me one evening. “Everyone agrees that the paintings are, in some way,…
Sanguine Portrait of a Child
‘Sourire Toujours’ Sanguine Portrait of a Child A3 Hanhemaille ‘Nostalgia’ © The Artist. Been off holidaying with my wife & two young children. Family time. We went to Britanny, near Carnac with its standing stones (which really caught my boy’s imagination!) & its beautiful silver sand beaches. We stayed with some good old friends, a…
Canoes on the Vézère
Canoes on the Vézère Watercolour. 38 x 46cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. 450 euros framed Typical holiday scene from the Dordogne, paddling down stream, under the cliffs, watching the tree-lined banks & groups of laughing holiday makers going by in bright coloured canoes. My funny & true story … ‘it really DID …
Peter ‘Bimbo’ Acock
‘Bimbo Sings the Blues’ dans le temps d’une chanson….five minute pose ink A5 sketchbook © The Artist. ‘Bimbo’, Peter Acock In Bergerac, we are lucky enough to have a musician of outstanding talent. Known locally as ‘Bimbo’, Peter Acock plays the sax (soprano & alto), the clarinette & here his third instrument, the piano &…
Jean Marquay at the Buddha Bar
Indonesian Lava stone Stutue of The Buddha sanguine A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Jean Marquay on the Drums five minute pose whilst drummin’ away pencil A5 sketch book © the artist Groovy, dimly lit jazz bar in bergerac with a theme deco of some good quality statues of The Buddha, smiling beniegnly on at the…
China Moses & Danny Le Duc
China Moses & Danny Le Duc ink & pencil A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Well, that’s the end of the exhibition in Bergerac. All went well, with lots of visits, interesting conversations & sales. Confess to being somewhat tired. Exhausted even. Emtied out. End of large exhibitions are interesting times as it often marks the…
Jazz Cornet Player – Exhibition at Bergerac
‘Three Sketches of a Jazz Cornet Player’ five minute poses whilst playing JAZZZ! A5 sketchbook © The Artist. ‘Les Mercredis de Jazz’ at La Maison de Vins de Bergerac ‘Les Mercredis de Jazz’ at La Maison de Vins de Bergerac ( La Cloître des Recollets) … Jazz on a summer’s eve outside my exhibition, in…