Painting Holidays in Chateaux in South West France & Provence 2020Toutus Albus #1
Posted on March 11, 2007
Toutus Albus #1
Oil on Board. Framed. 1998.
sold .. commssion another ? commissions of this subject undertook
©adam cope
totus albas is a variety of daffodils
Vers Castillonnés, #1
Posted on March 10, 2007
Vers Castillonnés, #1
The pink blossom is ‘Pëcher des Vignes’, a small peach tree that is sometimes planted between the vines.
Ce que Jacquou a vu…
Posted on March 9, 2007
Ce que Jacquou a vu…
22 x 35 cm. Oil on canvas mounted on board
Ce que Jacquou a vu… (fr) = what Jacqou saw…. (en)
Another slow painting ending with a crop. It’s the sister painting of ‘Le Parc du Chateau’.
Jacquou le Croquant is a fictional character written by Eugène Le Roy. He was a Périgordien paysan (small tenant farmer from the Dordogne), who was unjustly exploited & cruelly mistreated by the local lord in his chateau. There’s a passage in the book where Jacquou looks up through the branches at the chateau with hatred & a burning desire for revenge. I wont tell the end of the story, suffice to say the Chateau de L’herm on which the story was based was burnt down & is now a only decrepit old shell.
‘Le Parc du Chateau’ 8 figure, 48 x 36 cm. Oil on Canvas
Berges du Dropt
Posted on February 24, 2007
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Berges du Dropt
48 x 36 cm. Oil on Canvas.
A slower painting, that was in the studio for about two years before finding resolution.
Pesky burnt umber & raw umber .. i find these colours difficult
Bergerac Waterfront #1
Posted on February 23, 2007
Bergerac Waterfront #1
Oil on panel. 6 figure format français – 46 x 36 cm. Framed (probably too heavy to post…)
sold
grey winter, greys & naples, dirty old town of the south, warm even in winter
the river still, the barrage down stream shut
i love this town 🙂
