Painting Holidays in Chateaux in South West France.Pruniers, Gascogne
‘Pruniers, Gascogne’
oil on canvas
62,5 x 50 cm (approx 24 3/4 x 19 “/4 inches)
© The Artist.
62,5 x 50 cm (approx 24 3/4 x 19 “/4 inches)
© The Artist.
pruniers (fr) = plum trees (en)
Medium sized oil, which might need an odd retouch here or there.
Medium sized oil, which might need an odd retouch here or there.
The Lot & Garonne is well known for its prunes. This orchard stands on the heights of Dropt Valley. On the other bank, the blue distances roll away into Guyenne & Gasconny, the old provinces & principalities of the South West of France.
This is the second year in a row that the plum crops have been bad. The neighbours are beginning to dread next year as three bad years on the trot can really hurt a farmer.Soon they will be grubbing out the prune trees that once made the region famous ‘pruneaux d’agen’.. importing them from argentina now i believe.
Here’s a 30 x 40 of the plum blossom two spring-times ago, during ‘La Lune Rousse’, the red moon.
‘La Lune Rousse’
30 x 40 cm
Oil on Panel
©The Artist
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30 x 40 cm
Oil on Panel
©The Artist
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Those blue distances are sublime – hope the plums produce next year – a farmer’s life is so hard!