A visit this morning to market day in Issigeac, a medieval village that dates back to Roman times, followed by an afternoon tasting the wines of Chateau Lestevenie located in Gageac et Rouilliac. It’s been a tough day!
Studio 365: Day 291
France
Studio 365: Day 290
Today has been a day of reflection in which I saw a painting at every sparkling moment:
Trémolat I
Trémolat II
La Roque Saint-Christophe
St Léon sur Vézère
Montignac
Our last stop at the Cave of Lascaux deserves a post of its own when I return home.
It was definitely the highlight of the day.
Studio 365: Day 288
From Southhampton to Bergerac in the Dordogne this morning, with so much to look forward as we explore this beautiful and historic Périgord region of France over the next seven days.
Studio 365: Day 99
Vimy Ridge Day commemorating The Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9 1917
Studio 365: Day 11
I fell in love with Paris on my first visit there as a young boy in August 1962. I remember as if it were yesterday sitting and drawing in the Tuileries Garden after being inspired by all the French Impressionist paintings I had just seen in the Jeu de Paume, a stone’s throw away.
In the studio today my thoughts are very much with all the citizens of this great city as they walk in their millions for remembrance, for freedom, for tolerance, for love, for mankind, for the future. In the words of Francois Hollande, Paris truly is “the capital of the world today.”
The brilliant yellows of the murals of the Musée National Fernand Léger, Ville de Biot in the South of France.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra
Giacommeti sculptures in the gardens of the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence in the South of France.
Lots more Extra Extras to be seen…
Vincent’s Room
Can there be a more iconic room than Vincent Van Gogh’s bedroom at the Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Remy, France where Van Gogh entered voluntarily as a patient on May 8, 1889 and remained until May the following year. During this time he painted the gardens, with their wheat fields, olives groves, irises and sunflowers, all of which he could see from his bedroom window.
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