Mistletoe

WORK IN PROGRESS ‘Mistletoe’ medium size oil on canvas French format : 15 F – 65 x 54 cm (approx 21 x 26 inches) © adam cope Actually I think it’s finished now. I had to wait long time for a another sunny evening when I has some free time to paint.

‘Have a Nice Day’

‘Busker’ A5 sketchbook graphite ©adam cope ‘Have a Nice Day’ This fellow and his dog in the market place, playing the accordian. The sign said “Bonne Journée Avec le Sourire” ( ‘have a nice day – with a smile’). He looked worried. I think the dog was used to his music. ‘Life Insurance’ [button color=”green”…

Bed Time Story 12 & 13

  ‘Bed Time Story 13’ 2010 Sanguine 40 x 40 cm ©adam cope   ‘Bed Time Story 12’ 2010 Sanguine 40 x 40 cm ©adam cope

Exhibition – St.Emilion, The Little Gallery

My paintings of vines are currently exhibited at The Little Gallery in St. Emilion till 9 April. They return on show permanently after May, all things being equal, as a ‘gallery artist’. Nice to be showing permantly in the best gallery in town :-)St. Emilion really is an amazing place, one of the epi-centres of…

Magazine Article & The End of Winter!

‘Lou Plantou’ Oil. 2004 61 x 50 cm ©adam cope sold [button color=”green” size=”medium” align=”center” link=”https://www.artists-atelier.com//piantings/Vines”]paintings of vines[/button] France’s leading wine magazine Terre de Vinspublished a nice article about me, a painter who paints vineyards Souvent les gens jugent un tableau à première vue, mais come le vin, l’œuvre si elle est réussie doit permettre…

Chromatic Black in the Colourist Palette

WORK IN PROGRESS – UNFINISHED STATE ‘Mistletoe’ medium size oil on canvas 15 F ©adam cope Chromatic Black in the Colourist Palette Experimenting with a new mix for ‘black’. Lets call it a ‘chromatic black’ (as does Dan Smith oil paints) in the hope that it’s more colour friendly than soot (lamp black)& burnt bones…

Forever Smiling Buddha

‘Buddha Statue at Plum Village, Upper Hamlet.’ graphite & ink A5 sketchbook (…) dharma art refers to art that springs from a certain state of mind on the part of the artist that could be called the meditative state. It is an attitude of directness and unselfconsciousness in one’s creative work. -Tibetan meditation master, the…