Sep 1st 2016
Thursday 01. 09. 16 Spent the day with George and Laurene at the Turner show in Aix en Provence. An excellent, well curated show with a number of paintings that I had not seen before – Turner was indeed ahead of his time. Had a tasty lunch outside and then picked up a dessert of ice cream and strawberry and passion fruit jam sprinkled with granola on the street – delicious!
Aug 21st 2016
Sunday 21. 08. 16 Back working on the oil again this morning. Just back from a ride around the lake to Lodève where I saw an expo at the Musée de Lodève of Alexandre Hollan’s work. He only paints trees and all from around here. Interesting.
Aug 19th 2016
Aug 18th 2016
Thursday 18. 08. 16 Did this small watercolour of George’s vegetable garden whilst I was up at their house looking after Grappa.
Aug 16th 2016
Tuesday 16. 08. 16 Did two monoprints today, I coated one plate with detergent and the other with Gum Arabic. This is the best version using Gum Arabic.
Aug 15th 2016
Monday 15. 08. 16 Started back on the painting of Les Negociants and also did the base drawing for a monoprint.
Aug 14th 2016
Sunday 14. 08. 16 Two photos taken by Ann Marie at my birthday last week which I celebrated chez Claire-Françoise. We all had a very good time and also enjoyed a breakfast the next day!
Aug 11th 2016
Thursday 11. 08. 16 Just back from a week chez Marie-Pierre and Olivier. Went by train but came back by car which they have lent to me. Had a great time – good food, good wine, good conversation. Celebrated my birthday on the weekend, had a picnic besides a lake and went into Bordeaux a couple of times. Saw an interesting expo of prints and an intriguing video called Ellis narrated by Robert De Nero in a gallery in an old submarine base. The photo above is of a repurposed army barracks.
Aug 3rd 2016
Wednesday 03. 08. 16 Started a version of this yesterday but scrapped it and started afresh this afternoon. It is Les Négociants café on Market day in August – lots of people!
