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Art & Musings from South West France 
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!
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
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
The Kitchen (2)
The kitchen (60cmx80cm) – Sold to Sim who loved this from the start
Below is the pencil version. Spot the differences!
Vive la France ?
Vive la France ? (80cmx100cm) – For Sale
Also known as ‘The Falling Man’
Fluidity, form, falling, movement, a bit of red, white and blue – A France that hangs propelled in self-struggle between the traditional and the contemporary, between optimism and grind – are we falling or flying?
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Vive la France?
Aussi appelé L’Homme Tombant.
La fluidité, la forme, la chute, le mouvement, un peu de rouge, blanc et bleu – Une France prise dans la rage intestine entre le traditionnel et le contemporain, entre l’optimisme et la lutte – Sommes-nous en chute libre ou en vol?
Lovers in Brussels
Lovers in Brussels (80cmx60cm) – For Sale
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be the shelter for each other.
Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be the warmth for the other.
Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before.
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Dried Rose
Dried Rose (30cmx30cm) – Sold
When the Rose is Faded by Walter de la Mare
When the rose is faded,
Memory may still dwell on
Her beauty shadowed,
And the sweet smell gone.
That vanishing loveliness,
That burdening breath,
No bond of life hath then,
Nor grief of death.
‘Tis the immortal thought
Whose passion still
Makes the changing
The unchangeable.
Oh, thus thy beauty,
Loveliest on earth to me,
Dark with no sorrow, shines
And burns, with thee.
‘Hallelujah’ – Ghost Town Crooners
I think its impossible to beat Jeff Buckley’s version of this song, where his singing genius met with the lyrical genius of Leonard Cohen. But as it is a song which has moved me so many times , I really wanted to have a go at doing a cover.
I am certainly not alone in this – records estimate that at least 200 different recording artists have done their own version, from the emotionally raw that runs fingernails down your spine to gospel fuelled X-Factor winning renditions that gets the whole audience swinging along to the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus.
Perhaps we all find ourselves in the ‘baffeled king’ or the person that ‘cut’ their partners hair as Delilah did to Samson – the humility of the song resonates to many among us.
The results are in and….
Dear Sketchpowder friends -
First of all, thank you to all of you who took the time to cast your votes in the Saatchi Online Showdown. Your input is hugely appreciated.
The competition is now down to two entries – Paul Saroglou’s Falling Soldier and Uwe Schein’s Order & Disorder. Congrats to both. We look forward to who wins this round….
Whilst E.s entry – a portrait of Arthur Ferrari – did not make the final two places, we feel that overall it has been a big success. An average rating of 7.06 / 10 and over 1,370 votes cast.
Out of more than 2250 entries, that’s not bad ,)
Thanks for continuing to support us – If I can nick a recent Twitter post by @ClarendonCare
“Invest early and often in promising young artists – support is absolutely critical for them to be daringly experimental.”
Saatchi online showdown
Hi All – if you have five minutes – and of course if you feel like it – please take a second to rate Erwan’s competion entry for the Saatchi online showdown here: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/index/249973
- and needless to say – please, pass it on
Oil on Canvas – 30cm x 30cm
Description:
| Portrait of Arthur Ferrari – French jazz / pop musician – Portrait d’Arthur Ferrari, musician de Chanson française / Jazz / Pop Painted on the occasion of his 30th birthday. Private collection, La Taillade, South of France Check out Arthur’s music on myspace – a wonderfully curious mix of 60’s cinematic, kookie, jazzy individualism pret a ecouter for 2009 : http://www.myspace.com/arthurferrari |
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