‘Chene, Chemin et Grande Distance (Monmarves)’ 38 x 46 cm. Oil on Panel.© The Artist. sold Back painting again & it felt good. Incidentally, the sunshine is back as well after a week’s absence. It’s been cold.& rainy here, a paradise for the slugs. Spoke to the farmer who confirmed what I suspected, that the…
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.
Saule
30 x 40 cm. Oil on Panel. ©. Sold. High grass, bluey tints, another ‘vieux tetard’ (coppiced willow) here in St.Dizier. the right size for plein-air painting Nice to be swinging the brush around again in a more natural way (natural to me, that it is), after having made the mistake of trying to fit…
L’Orée du Bois
30 x 40 cm. Oil on panel. Back in the green Dordogne. Hot day. Much photosynthesis. High grass, the farmers all busy with the cutting of hay.
Oak Branches (finished state)
30 x 40 cm. Oil on panel. small-sized ‘alla prima’ paintings Finished after a session in the studio. Making paintings ‘en plein air’ is a complicated process & it differs from painting to painting. No two happen in the same way. Each have their own specific way of unfolding. Some seem to just pop out,…
Oak Branches (unfinished state)
30 x 40cm. Oil on panel. First leaves of oak, with a bronzey tinge – ‘bronzage’ (presumably not bronzed from the sunshine). The sun is now getting hot, the land expiring alot of moisture, a mist hanging over the meadows, the grass knee high. I had to break off painting this because a flock of…
Vieux Têtards
30 x 40 cm . Oil on panel. vieux têtards (fr) = old coppiced willows (en) Same coppiced willows but from the otherside this time. Contre-jour late afternoon, the spring sun light shining on the leaves. Sivery undersides. You can just about make out Henri’s ‘ haras’ or horse riding track in the foreground. He…
Le Pays du Dropt – peinture
‘Chez Henri et Yvette ‘ 30 x 40 cm. Oil on Panel. Another of my neighbours, here in ‘Le Pays du Dropt.’ The coppiced willows, ‘vieux têtards’, follow the old chemin communal which used to run from Castillonès to Villéreal. Here is a place where you can feel the history in landscape; It hasn’t yet…
peinture des pruniers en Lot & Garonne – la lune rousse
‘Pruniers #1’ 30 x 40 cm. Oil on Panel. tous droits reservées sold Chez mes bons voisins, les Verdiers. Attention! La Lune Rousse
Berges du Dropt #2
Berges du Dropt #2 Oil on Panel. 30 x 40 cm. copyright – the artist. sold one of own personal favourites, this painting I like … semi abstract? a conception a little bit different from your average landscape daub… still shinning with light. a certainity of touch. nice colours too
Berges du Dropt
. 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
