‘Le Truffier 2’ (Truffle Woods 2) medium size oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (25,5 x 21,3 inches approx) © adam cope A milky light breaking through the cloud cover softening the hard landscape. High May grass, deceptively soft, hiding stones & spikey semi-desert plants. Bluey green greys, mauve hay seed-heads, bright photosynthesising May…
Category: Medium size oil
medium sized oils, with largest dimension greater than 40 cm. French picture formats 6F upwards. 8F & 8P mes preferés
Painting of Truffle Woods in Quercy
‘Le Truffier 1′ (Truffle Woods)’ medium size oil on canvas 36x 48cm (approx 15 x 14 inches). © Adam Cope SOLD Light & shade in this old truffle wood in the Lot. ‘Chene de Causse’, the semi-desert oaks of Quercy. Orchids, wild fowers & seed heads. The high grass which ‘paysans’ used to mill, ‘La…
‘Landmark Oak & Path’ – Painting Locations
‘Landmark Oak & Path’ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 46 x 38 cm (approx 14 x 18 inches) © adam cope available Strong, bright, clear sunlight, limpid & luminous, late evening shadows going to rose. Memories of long summer evenings. Same landmark oak as below, painted from further down down the path: ‘Chene, Chemin &…
Red Soil, Green Growth
‘Pruniers et Chemin’ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 46 x 38 cm (approx 14 x 18 inches) © adam cope The heavy rain of last week has past & the strong sunshine of South West France has returned. The delicate tapestry of reddish soil & fresh spring greens laid out with the promise of summer.…
Pruniers 5
‘Pruniers 5’ medium size oil on canvas 36 x 48 cm (approx 14 x 18 inches) © adam cope Very pleasant evening yesterday. Long, light, bright sunshine. A warm wind from the south (‘L’Antan’) carrying the sweet smells of spring. The landscape now covered with green. A fresh lime green of new leaves photosynthesising. Lovely,…
WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I
‘Cherry, Quince, Bay’ medium size oil on canvas 36 x 48 cm (approx 14 x 18 inches) © adam cope WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip’s bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly. After summer merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live…
Cliffs at St.Avit Senieur, Dordogne
‘Cliffs at St.Avit de Senieur, Dordogne‘ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 36 x 48cm (approx 18 x 15 inches). © adam cope Not long now untill the cliffs become dressed with a green canopy veil. ‘Sous le Ruth 1’ (dans le Vézère) Watercolour A3 © adam cope
St.Avit de Senieur, Dordogne
‘La Route montant à St. Avit de Senieur’ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 cm (approx 14″ x 18″) © adam cope ‘La Route montant à St. Avit Sénieur’ The road going up to St.Avit de Senieur – the cliffs reel above your head dangerously and the road cuts through right underneath them.…
Maison Troglodyte, Dordogne – Proportions & Sizes of Canvases
‘Maison Troglodyte dans la Vallée de La Couze’ 65 x 54 cm (25,5 x 21,3 inches approx) Medium Size Oil on Canvas © adam cope ‘Maison Troglodyte dans la Vallée de La Couze’ Detail This is the same place that I described in the post : Watercolour of an Owl Hut built into a Cliff…
Reference Photos for Plein-Air Painters 1 – Gerhard Richter’s Photo Atlas
‘Sechoir à Tabac 3 – Crépuscule’ (Tobacco Drying Barn 3 – Twilight) Oil on Canvas 38 x 46cm (approx 15 x 19 inches). © The Artist. Available – email me Some photos of this huge, magnificent tobacco drying barn. My Reference Photos of ‘Sechoir à Tabac’ Wish there was a person by the door…
