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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-3923354406603596052018-09-14T09:49:00.000+02:002018-09-14T09:49:39.907+02:00LAST DAY IN GASCONY<span style="font-size: large;">Suzanne’s fall painting trip to France is coming to an end.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But there’s one day left, so let’s get on with it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Breakfast. Painting. Picnic. Painting. Back to La Petite Galerie. Painting. Crit. Dinner. Bed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Quite a full day, as you can see. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some visual memories. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last dinner in Gascony at <i>La Table des Cordeliers</i> in Condom.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that’s it folks for 2018. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow it’s <i>au revoir et bon voyage. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the USA.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hope to see y’all again sometime. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Amicalement et bisous,</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ray & Lynne</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suzanne and John are back with a group of friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They’ve come to paint, and while they’re here we hope to have a bit of fun along the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wine is important so we’ll do some wine and Armagnac tasting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Food is important so we’ll test quite a few local restaurants to see how they rate.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Markets are important so we’ll visit a few of those too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And there are some wonderful, very old and beautiful villages to see as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Everyone loves Lynne’s picnics so they’re also on the agenda.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Oh yes, and then there’s the art component. So we’d better get on with painting a few pictures as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The cliche is that pictures are worth a thousand words, so here we go with some photos of what we get up to.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theresa, Jan and Suzanne painting amongst the vines at Lectoure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leigh Anne, Elaine and Ray working it all out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That’s Debbie in the background</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Picnics are always popular. This one’s on the banks of the river in Nerac.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Preparing to paint a portrait at La Petite Galerie.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lunch at the Contes d’Albret. This restaurant specialises in duck.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All in a day’s work.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">So that’s what we’ve done so far, but tomorrow we visit Condom (where the Three Musketeers and d’Artagnan came from. Then we go on to the tiny bastide of Larressingle. And we’ll be painting in Fources after lunch. So come back for more when you have the chance. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-81958403436864445572018-06-23T11:59:00.003+02:002018-06-25T08:42:48.707+02:00ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA<span style="font-size: large;">Max and Elvyne came to stay—all the way from Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">…hobnob it with the local Maire. The pic shows them on the Mairie (Town Hall) steps with President Macron’s man in Mezin. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We also travelled around Gascony showing them all the nearby attractions—Condom (yes that’s really it’s name), Lectoure, Montreal, Nerac and several others.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And Max even found time to paint a watercolour at the round bastide of Fources. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we put them on the plane at Bergerac on their way to Blighty and Ireland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bon voyage! Hope to see you again one day.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-88961820631491020982018-05-25T09:09:00.004+02:002018-05-25T09:24:59.946+02:00BUON CAMINO!<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Gai Jacobs is back in our neck of the woods. Walking on the St Jacques route to Compostela. This time with her friend Bev (who has walked the route several times).</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We first met Gai when she came to Gascony exactly three years ago, almost to the day, in May 2015. She was with a group friends who were on a<span style="color: yellow;"> <a href="http://frenchchat.blogspot.fr/"><span style="color: yellow;">“Learn French on Holiday in France” </span></a></span>at La Petite Galerie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>We even found time to <a href="https://makeartholidays.blogspot.fr/"><span style="color: yellow;">paint a watercolour</span></a> at Fources a village nearby that’s officially listed as one of the most beautiful villages in France.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">While they were here we walked from Condom to<span style="color: yellow;"> <a href="https://artholidaysfrance.blogspot.fr/2015/05/more-lazy-days-in-sw-france.html"><span style="color: yellow;">Larressingle</span></a></span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>on the GR 65. </span>The walk seems to have given her the taste “to do The Big One”—their current walk has taken them from Le Puy to Mezin—and they’re now on their way to the Pyrenees, Pamplona, and Compostela in far western Spain. </div>
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Heat and sand. Beautiful.<br />
Three weeks in the Middle East often took my memories back to the Red Centre in Australia.<br />
So I painted this picture for Mat, Vicky, Jack and Tom.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-9104718678763449272018-04-10T18:24:00.004+02:002018-04-10T18:24:56.966+02:00RAY & FRIENDS (LIFE SIZE AMAM & EVE - UPDATE)This is what my latest diptych looks like on 10 April 2018.<br />
Hope you like it.<br />
Earlier versions at various stages of development can be seen at other posts on this blog.<br />
Watch this space if you’d like to see how it develops.<br />
And please contact me if you have any questions or comments.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here’s a photo of the latest developments. Please keep watching this space to find out how the saga continues.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-12622653678232355172018-03-14T19:41:00.005+01:002018-03-14T19:41:50.591+01:00ADAM & EVE POSTER<span style="font-size: large;">This is the poster I’ll be using to publicise my forthcoming exhibition at the Chateau Le Fréchou in the summer: ADAM & EVE AND OTHER PAINTINGS.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-75582256445871503842018-03-14T19:31:00.001+01:002018-03-14T19:31:32.484+01:00Adam & Eve - A work in progress.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This work in progress shows the stars of my forthcoming exhibition “ADAM & EVE AND OTHER PAINTINGS” which will be on view in the Orangerie at the Chateau le Fréchou during the summer of 2018. (47600 Lot et Garonne). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have already posted pics of earlier stages of their development (scroll down to view). As you can see they are not yet finished and there will no doubt be more changes to the figures as the paintings evolve.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-69194857410785400052018-02-27T15:45:00.001+01:002018-02-27T15:45:07.078+01:00ANNA’S BIRTHDAY PRESENTWe’ve known Anna & George longer than we’ve known anyone else in France.<br />
Today’s Anna’s birthday.<br />
And it’s a BIG ONE!<br />
SIXTY!<br />
So I did this copy of Van Gogh’s Yellow Chair for her.<br />
We’ll give it to her in a few hours time.<br />
Hope she likes it.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Adam and Eve in Blu” is another study for the life-size pair of paintings on the same subject that I’m currently working on. The large paintings will go on show at an exhibition I’m having at <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-CHATEAU/183452/3952940/view" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Château du Fréchou</a> in Gascony, France. </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-54810874873491835042017-12-08T13:04:00.000+01:002017-12-08T13:08:09.831+01:00STUDY FOR A LIFE-SIZE PAINTING OF EVE<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My life-size paintings of Adam and Eve have gone into hibernation. (<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">They will both be part of my exhibition at the </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Château du Fréchou</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> in summer 2018).</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> But i</span>t’s too cold to work in my studio which is the only place in the house that’s convenient for paintings of that size. (They’re each 2 metres tall). However, as they are by no means finished—in fact, they’re in the preliminary "blocking out" stage—I’m amusing myself by doing studies for the figures of both<a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-ADAM-EVE/183452/3599148/view"> <span style="color: blue;">Adam and Eve. </span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">By chance I recently saw Damien Hirst’s GQ cover photo of Rhianna as Medusa. (Obviously inspired by Caravaggio’s famous painting). </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Needless to say snakes would be ideal for Eve’s hair. So this is a watercolour study for my big painting of Eve. You can see the original on <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-STUDY-FOR-A-LIFE-SIZE-EVE/183452/3961002/view"><span style="color: blue;">Saatchi online.</span></a></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-82188717495199631252017-12-04T09:30:00.001+01:002017-12-04T10:25:28.233+01:00HOW TO PAINT A CHATEAU<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the Chateau du Frechou. It dates back to 1280. The painting is for Jean-Michel, the owner who lives and works in the chateau. The painting is done from a scaled up photo Jean-Michel sent me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can see, because it’s so obvious, my <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-ADAM-ADAM-OR-EVE-AND-EVE/183452/3651002/view">Adam & Eve series</a></u> </span>has been moved to the back burner. They’ve had to make way for several other projects that needed to be completed before Christmas. Problem is, it’s now winter. My studio is cold and the days are short. So Adam and Eve will be in hibernation (low body temperature, slow breathing, low heart rate, and low metabolic rate) until the spring. But my plans are developing quite well for my exhibition next year. It’ll be called <i>"Adam & Eve and other paintings". </i>Guess where? Quite right, the <u style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.chateaudufrechou.com/">Chateau du Frechou.</a></u></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-4306324862258823332017-11-02T09:46:00.001+01:002017-11-02T09:56:59.054+01:00MEET EVE<br />
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Eve is on her way to join Adam (for his details please see the previous post).<br />
They’re both lifesize—each is painted on two panels measuring 1 metre x 1 metre and set one above the other.<br />
The pair will be the centrepiece for an exhibition I’m planning for summer 2018.<br />
The working title is “ADAM & EVE AND OTHER PAINTINGS IN FRANCE”.<br />
The rough plan is to have about 10 male and female nudes <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-ADAM-EVE/183452/3599148/view">(Adam & Eve)</a></u></span> juxtaposed with about the same numbers of<a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Dreaming-of-a-village/183452/199091/view"> <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u>French landscapes.</u></span></a><br />
Let’s hope it works out something along these lines.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-34309083472693322992017-09-22T14:17:00.002+02:002017-09-23T07:06:44.479+02:00HOW TO PAINT A LIFE-SIZE FIGURE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And when it’s finished, I’ll do a life-size female nude, Eve. These two works will become part of my<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-ADAM-EVE/183452/3599148/view"><span style="color: yellow;">Adam & Eve</span></a> </span>series of paintings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Watch this space for further developmrnts—and then for how <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-EVE-IN-HB/183452/3746802/view"><span style="color: yellow;">Eve</span></a> progresses.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-75880716509669591902017-09-20T05:34:00.003+02:002017-09-25T00:18:47.832+02:00A POLITICAL PICNIC IN THE FOREST<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every year , local farmer and politician Jacques Rapetti invites us to a grand picnic in a clearing in the forest on his farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a great outing, starting with <i>apéros</i> and snacks just get everyone into the right mood. This year a <i>couscous</i> entree was followed by lamb and <i>feves.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All washed down with copies amounts of white, red and <span style="color: #222222;">rosé </span>wine. Dessert was a choice of north African pastries - followed by a large armagnac<i> digestif!</i> Naturally.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not bad for a forest picnic hey?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacques Rapetti, Ray and Jean Jaurès, </span><span style="font-family: "linux libertine" , "georgia" , "times" , serif;">founder of the newspaper </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: linux libertine, georgia, times, serif;"><i>l’humanity</i></span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</i></span></span></div>
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Thijs and Jose were here for three weeks over the hottest part of the summer, and their English friend, Catherine, joined them for a week.<br />
We went to Larressingle <span style="color: yellow;"><a href="https://makeartholidays.blogspot.fr/"><span style="color: yellow;">to paint</span></a> </span>one morning before it got too hot.<br />
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But the highlights (for us anyway) of their stay were two memorable meals they cooked for us.<br />
A few nights before they left, the food Jose and Thijs prepared was nothing less than OUTSTANDING. <br />
Plus he spoiled us with lots of wonderful wine that Thijs had collected - and a vintage bottle of Champagne they had brought with them.<br />
This probably helped when a storm erupted later in the evening. But we were all enjoying ourselves so much that we ignored the rain and went on eating - and drinking.<br />
Here’s what we ate (in my words which might not be accurate): 3 carrot based 'amuse bouches’, celery and parsley soup, avocado and Ricard puree with crab, white fish with coquille St Jacques and prawns in a reduced bouillabaisse sauce, Guinea fowl in a special<i> jus </i>with cauliflower puree & beetroot. A dessert that I can only describe as chocolate mousse - but it was much, much better than the mundane name I’ve given it.<br />
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I told Thijs that whenever he got tired of his practice and psychoanalyst role, he’d have no difficulty establishing a five star restaurant anywhere in France - and beyond.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-81524992746017357042017-07-27T17:45:00.005+02:002017-07-27T17:45:49.516+02:00 EGLISE ST-JEAN DE VILLENEUVE-DE- MEZIN<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span>his is my watercolour painting of the church in the nearby hamlet of Villeneuve de Mézin.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s a birthday gift for Peter and Bernadette. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hope they don’t see this photo before they open the present. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THIS IS A 13TH CENTURY MILL IN GASCONY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the moment it’s full of Americans. There are eleven of them. From Texas. Painters and holidaymakers. Enjoying the sights and sounds of southwest France, and of course the amazing French food. Strawberries, cherries and melons are in season at the moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So here are some of them just after they arrived.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the first night it was Eddie and Judy’s anniversary. Here they are with a "50 years is a long time" cake.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later: a quick walk around Nerac.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">PS For more information on <span style="color: yellow;">painting holidays in France</span> - for families or small groups of friends - <a href="http://PS For more information on painting holidays in France - for families or small groups of friends - please click here."><span style="color: yellow;">please click here. </span> </a></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Team shot with the Three Musketeers in Condom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Picnic lunch after painting at Blaziert</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lunch at the Duck Farm</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still enjoying that cake</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The entrance to Fources - a 12 century watch tower</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Painting in the cloisters at La Romieu</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Music Festival in Mézin and eating with the locals</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jim's demo at Le Bastard Hotel in the hilltop town of Lectoure (yes - that really is the hotel's name - promise it is). </span></td></tr>
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For Bob’s 70th birthday, his wife Debbie took him on a boat on the Clyde (the sentimental reason is that he’s from Glasgow). They loved it.<br />
Here’s a painting of them on what is called a ‘Clyde puffer’ for obvious reasons.<br />
Please get in touch with me if you want details of how you can get me to do a painting from a photograph you’ve taken.<br />
Please contact me at:<br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><a href="mailto:ray@johnstonesinfrance.com" style="background-color: blue;">ray@johnstonesinfrance.com</a></span><br />
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This is a watercolour of Bob’s dog Luna. It was a commission done from a photograph, and given to him on his 70th birthday.<br />
You can see another painting of a dog here:<br />
<a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-PAINTING-OF-YOUR-PET-DOG/183452/3316839/view"><span style="background-color: blue; color: yellow;">https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-PAINTING-OF-YOUR-PET-DOG/183452/3316839/view</span></a><br />
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If you’d like to have a watercolour done of your pet from a photo you take, please email me for full details on how it works.<br />
<a href="mailto:ray@johnstonesinfrance.com"><span style="background-color: blue; color: yellow;">ray@johnstonesinfrance.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's my latest painting. The photo is taken in my studio.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've called it "ADAM <u>AND</u> EVE WITH LILIES"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"AND EVE?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why not "OR EVE?," you might well ask.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or even better, "ANDROGYNOUS FIGURE WITH LILIES?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who knows? Who cares? And does it really matter?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/183452">If you'd like to see this painting in detail please go to </a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow; color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/183452">Saatchi here.</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-55169791970019965702017-05-22T21:12:00.003+02:002017-05-22T21:13:49.822+02:00GUSTAVE KLIMT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my painting of part of a painting called <i>Judith with the Head of Holofernes. </i>I’ve left out the head she’s holding but you can see it in the original which was done by Gustave Klimt in 1901. This was a very popular subject in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Judith was a biblical character who tricked her lover and adversary into getting drunk so she could behead him. Klimt used a lot of actual gold foil - I’ve used gold acrylic pigment.<br />
This work is sold, but if you’d like a quote on a similar copy, please send me some brief details in an email: <a href="mailto:ray@johnstonesinfrance.com" style="background-color: yellow;">ray@johnstonesinfrance.com</a>. (A price guide is 300 Euros for acrylic on canvas size 50 x 60 cms.)<br />
If you’d like to see some more of my works, please have a look at my portfolio at<span style="background-color: yellow;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/RayJohnstone">Saatchi Online</a>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395093638392712241.post-18157758701274525422017-05-21T14:04:00.003+02:002017-05-21T14:05:35.786+02:00ADAM & EVE<br />
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This is Adam & Eve in my studio.<br />
I’ve been painting nudes all my life, and I’ve now gone back to this traditional subject with some enthusiasm.<br />
You can see various of my nude works at <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/183452"><span style="color: yellow;">Saatchi Online here.</span></a><br />
But please don’t go there if the subject offends you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0