‘Lac de la Nette – After St Brigids Day’ 2008 oil on panel 6 F ( 31 x 44 cm) © The Artist. 300 € – paypal Nature in Dordogne OK, carrying on with a short amble about nature in the Dordogne. This painting was made ‘en plein air’ besides ‘ le lac de la…
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Nature in Dordogne – Homage aux Ronces
‘Les Ronces’ 2008 6 F ( 41 x 33 cm) Oil on Panel © The Artist.300 € – PayPal The are still pockets of land unexploitated & ‘in abandon’ ( ‘frisch’) here in the Dordogne. The birds love them, & so too the wild life & the hunters. ‘Les Ronces’ (brambles) grow in profusion in…
Le Grand Roc, Les Eyzies, Dordogne
‘Le Grand Roc, Les Eyzies’ Oil on Canvas 86,5 x 76 cm ; 34 x 30 inches Tous Droits Reservés© The Artist. email me for details about how to buy What I enjoy about this place is it is a veritiable meeting of two different ‘styles’ of landscape (three actually if you count the busy…
Self 6 – ‘at the end of the day’
Self #6 – ‘ at the end of the day’ 2008 Watercolour. 24 x 32 cm © The Artist. ‘…at the end of the day.’ Using up paint at the end of the day. Just practising my craft. Painting with speed. Practising painting portaits — quickly. Nothing psychological. It could have been you … or…
The local elections in SW France
‘Titulaire & Suppléant’ 2008 Pencil A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Remembering that this is a painting blog with writing & not a writing blog…. let’s keep the politics brief. There are many better places to read about politics than in a painting blog. Local elections in rural sw france. The ‘communal’ (parish) & the ‘cantonial’…
GOLD STAR
One of my winter jobs is to wash my painting hat. That’s the hat that’s become something of a ‘signature’. You can see me wearing it in my blogger profile photograph. But I don’t always get first turn to wear it however. Here it’s the ‘gold star’ kid whose wearing it…
Realism vs.’visions’ in Palaeolithic Cave Art
‘ The Valley Spirit’ 1997 Oil 56 x 76 cm – 22 x 30 inches © The Artist. Email me for details about buying this painting The Mind in the Cave by David Lewis-Williams “ How, the, did people come to make representational images of animals and so forth out of projected mental imagery? I…
Markets in Dordogne – Inflation in France
‘Cantal 43,95 €uros le Kilo’ 2008 A5 pencil © The Artist. Markets in Dordogne Cold morning in Issigeac marché, everyone dressed up against the chilly wind. Hats ‘de rigor’. This market stall owner dresssed up with a ‘chimney-stack’ type hat & ‘handle bar’ moustache. Smiling. These winter off-season markets are friendly events 🙂 Inflation in…
busker – les artistes de la rue en Dordogne
‘Patrice’ #1 2008 ink A5 © adam cope ‘Patrice’ #2 2008 ink A5 © adam cope don’t he look like bob dylan? sounds just like him too… hhhhhhahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaa Hey mister tamborine man Hey mister tamborine man play a song for me i ain’t going no where & it all seems the same to me… in…
Font de Gaume, Dordogne
‘Font de Gaume’ 2004 Ink & Watercolour. double spread A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Ne jamais dire “Fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eau” – Périgordien Populaire Font de Gaume is probably the most famous prehistoric painted ‘grotte’ (cave) in Les Eyzies (go abit further up the Vezérè & you arrive at Lascaux).It’s geography…