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Art & Musings from South West France 
Art en Vrac 2011
It’s been a while with no posts, sorry.
These are some 10-seconds skeches made during my exhibition at Art en Vrac in the summer 2011. 10 seconds is literally the time most people spend in front of an artwork. I wish it was a bit more…
Portrait of Denise
Portrait of Denise (20cmx20cm)
Janice kindly invited me to an hour and a half painting session in her studio. A very interesting exercise, with only a stormy sky for our light source. The result is a bit rushed (1 1/2 hour is short, even for a small painting), but I do like the colours I found.
Denise (the model) is a yogi, and she was apparently managing to meditate with her eyes open – amazing to witness!
Pineapple, bananas, oranges, red cabbage and felt tips
Pineapple, bananas, oranges and red cabbage (21cmx30cm)
Having two daughters under ten means you never run out of felt tip pens, and the inspiration which comes with it!
Lamp, clock, and a woman
une image “accident”, créée rapidement, dans l’instant.
les couleurs se mèlent sans lien apparent, l’oeil décide.
Lamp, clock, and a woman – 20cmx20cm
L’été est mort, Vive l’été !
Why do summers have to be so hectic when you’re over 35?
Let’s have a glass of wine to reflect on this shall we? Oh and raise it to our one-hundredth-facebook-fan! 
more summer sketches & paintings to come…
Sauveterre exhibition
5 paintings are on show at the annual exhibition held in the mairie. For the next two weeks they’ll be shown alongside 200 works by other fellow artists. Exciting stuff!!
A very civilized vernissage was conducted outside by the organiser Mr Dupuy, with kir and petits fours…
Couleurs d’Aquitaine – Sauveterre de Béarn
Another sunday, another painting competition, and YES, another prize!
This time the following painting of Sauveterre de Béarn is through to the Couleurs d’Aquitaine regional final next October in Montflanquin.
Good luck, little painting! Bonne chance !
2 still lifes
Verre d’eau et sa coupelle (20cmx20cm) – Oil on Canvas – For Sale
Bouteille de vin et son verre à demi rempli (2×20cmx20cm) – Oil on Canvas – For Sale
4 heures à Navarrenx
4 heures à Navarrenx (40cmx50cm) – Oil on Canvas – Sold
I spent Sunday doing another art competition, this time in Navarrenx, with the association “Couleurs d’Aquitaine”. We got there at 12 and by four pm the entries had to be submitted.
My painting won the “prix spécial du jury”, and Esmée’s drawing of ‘La Maison aux Volets Bleus’ won 1st prize in the 4 to 6 year-old category. As a result she will be invited to take part in the regional finals for the whole of Aquitaine in October
210 explosions
210 explosions (80cmx60cm) – Oil on Canvas – Sold
Based on a sketch of Ben, lying in gardens of Laas on a sunny day.
He was fast asleep, so didn’t notice the explosions around him
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