‘ Nyiad – Le Dropt à St.Dizier (avant les’ oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm 2010 © adam cope An ash tree growing out of the middle of an old crack willow, not coppiced for many a year. ‘ Nyiad’ Sketchbook pen & ink 2010 ©adam cope Wild Wood. Tangle Wood. Nyiad. Dryiad. River.…
Category: Trees
Paintings of trees… with commentary, something of a lovesong.. spring, summer, autumn or winter paintings of trees. How to paint foliage & paint with green.
Dipytchs, Tripytchs, Parallax & Cézanne on Painting Locations
‘Pêchers des Vignes 2’ Oil on Canvas medium size oil – 15 F format francais 54 x 65cm (approx 26 x 22 inches) © Adam Cope available ‘Pêchers des Vignes 3’ Oil on Canvas medium size oil – 15 F format francais 54 x 65cm (approx 26 x 22 inches) © Adam Cope available These…
Painting of Peach Trees
‘Pêchers des Vignes 1’ 30 x 40 cm Oil on Canvas Board © Adam Cope 150 € via PayPal, P&P included Painting of Peach Trees These peach trees are typical of south west France, where traditionally they are planted alongside the vines. They fruit at the same time as the vines but are even more…
Le Forêt de Biron, Dordogne
‘Le Forêt de Biron’ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 65 x 50cm (approx 25,5 x 20 inches). © adam cope The forest is in flower, mauves of heathers & yellows of plantagenesta (broom, the heraldic flower of the Plantagent dynasty). Down in the deep dark wood (guffalos), the eiry ‘brame’ , the wailing of the…
Quiet Times in Truffle Woods
‘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…
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…
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…
Plum Blossom
‘Pruniers 4’ Oil on MDF panel 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © The Artist. 300 €uros via PayPal – see sidebar for details Plum Blossom The recent sunny weather broke yesterday evening with a grey rainfront edging in from the Atlantic.These two plum trees were the last in the orchard to bloom;…
Plum Trees in Blossom
‘Pruniers 3’ Oil on MDF panel 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © adam cope sold Same plum orchard as before. Painted a week later this year than previous years. Let’s hope there’s no frost during this moon cycle – ‘la Lune Rousse’ – the ‘red moon’ because of the risk of frosts,…