WORK IN PROGRESS _ UNFINISHED STATE ‘Semillion – Labadie, Monbazillac’ Large Size Oil on Canvas 81 x 65 cm (approx 26 x 32 inches) ©adam cope Lay-in for Plein-Air Large Oil Painting The vigorous semillion still have their leaves on the south & south west facing slopes. They turn to a pure shinning yellow-gold (cadimum…
Category: Vines
Paintings of vines, vignoble & winey fields far away in wine country of south west France by Adam Cope. Bergerac, Cahors & Monbazillac AOC
Red Vines
‘Plantou #2’- detail 2007 Watercolour. © The Artist.Sold
Lou Plantou – etude
‘Lou Plantou – étude’ Oil on Canvas paper 8 Figure (36 x 48 cm) © The Artist Sold study = étude yellow vines
2 Rangs de Malbec- finished state
‘2 Rangs de Malbec’ – FINISHED STATE oil on canvas 36 x 48 cm (8F) wip = work in progree alla prima = first take, one session, finished in one go pein-air = sur la motif, sur la vif, on location, on the spot , from observation in the field, sometimes called wrongly called ‘impressionism’…
Last Autumn Leaves – vines in autumn
‘Last Autumn Leaves‘oil on panel6 figure (french format) 41 x 33 cm© The Artist.200 euros Why do some pockets of vines hold onto their leaves longer than others? Here in the Cahors, the whte stone reflects the heat back up, also the south facing slope. Spoke to ‘la vinticultiste’ who reckoned it was because these…
2 Rangs de Malbec – UNFINISHED STATE
‘2 Rangs de Malbec’ -UNFINISHED STATE oil on canvas 36 x 48 cm (8F) sold Unfinished state – I could say that about myself… ‘work in progress’; hummm. my fauvist desires Actually I did this one a week ago. But since then I’ve been too busy with other obligations & not had the time to…
14 Rangs de Cabernet Franc – tableau de vignoble – painting of vines
’14 Rangs de Cabernet Franc’ Oil on Canvas 25 F (81 x 65 cm, 32 x 26 inches approx) © The Artist. SOLD ’14 Rangs de Cabernet Franc’ – 14 rows of Cabernet Franc, being the name of the type of vine. This cepage is not the wide spread in the Bergerac Appellation to my…
Le Rayon, Monbazillac – 1999
‘Le Rayon, Monbazillac – 1999’ Watercolour. 40 x 27cm © The Artist. Another blast from the past, stripping out the frames (grr, non standard sizes but worth doing as there’s alot of them doing nothing in the storage racks, hélas, well free up the frames & move on hey-ho, hey-ho motivation = move on ).Another…
Raincloud over Monbazillac
Raincloud over Monbazillac 1999 Watercolour. 33 x 24cm © The Artist. Stripping out old fames & replacing with new watercolours for next year’s shows. Here’s an oldie. Have I progressed since 1999? Well I feel more at ease with wet & spontaneous & alla prima watercolours, though I do like the rigour in this one.
St Aubin de Cadelech
‘St Aubin de Cadelech’ Watercolour. 29 x 42cm (16 x 11,5 inches). © The Artist. sold Rows of Cabernet Franc on the heights of the Dropt valley. Sunset, long blue distances turning cobalt violet (series three winsor & newton substance that comes at a price).The silouhouette of Lauzun chateau faintly on the horizon (not that…