Wednesday 06. 05.15 Had to go to Meze the afternoon to get some sand for a project that I am working on. The beach was as beautiful as always.
Les jeunes
Friday 01. 05. 15 Did these two portraits of Julia and Andrew’s two children, Ilya 8 months and Quinn 3 years old. They are all staying at Claire’s house in Montpellier while Andrew is studying French. I can’t believe how difficult it is painting babies and young children and I suspect that I may have to revisit these a few more times!
Christmas in April
Wednesday 29. 04. 15 George and Laurene decided to give me an art day for my Christmas present so today we drove to Serignan to the MRAC where we saw an intriguing expo called Le musée des erreurs: Barnum. Afterwards we went on to a delicious lunch in Narbonne followed by a visit to another gallery, privately run, called LAC. We had been there before but this time it was a disappointment but the the space is stunning.
More views
Monday 28. 04. 15 Busy day in the studio today. Finally finished all the Rooms with a View from my stay in Canada. Shown above are the view of the back garden at Carlton St, Martin and Beryl’s at Merrickville and Fran and Clives cottage at Wood Lake.
Daffoldils
Sunday 26. 04. 15 It has been a damp grey weekend so far. Such a contrast to Friday when it was warm and sunny. These daffodils are on my kitchen table.
Snowy souvenir
Tuesday 21. 04. 15 Did this small oil painting today. It is the view from Julia’s bedroom window in February – brrrr.
Spring flowers
Saturday 18. 04. 15 Finally did a new drawing for my bedroom wall. Tulips that George and Laurene put on my kitchen table to welcome me home.
Spring encore
Sunday 12. 04. 15 After a good night’s sleep I reconnected the battery for the scooter and was amazed that it started first time after 4 months! It was warm and sunny so took a drive around the lake. The landscape was blooming, wild irises, gorse and broom, leaves on the trees, wonderful. The smell of the broom was intoxicating. it is good to be back.
Spring in the Hérault
Saturday 11. 04. 15 These are the flowers that greeted me when I came home this afternoon. Put there by Laurene and George. Had a good flight back home and was greeted with a warm, sunny Spring landscape with Broom blooming everywhere.
Stuck!
Wednesday 08. 04. 15 Went to the airport yesterday to fly home and discovered that there was a flight controllers strike and that all flights to Montpellier were cancelled! Vive la France! Rebooked for friday in the hope that all will be back to normal by then. So today went to an interesting show of videos at the Power Plant. The videos on Stuart Hall and Patrice Lumumba were particularly good.