France

Café Culture

‘Café Culture’, food, art, magic words that = enjoy, Bordeaux France. Page and image updated, enjoy, a café at once typical of café culture in SW France yet illusive to describe as a painting. 20 x 25 cm (8” x 10”), available, price upon application Painting a mini classic for  the  Bordeaux, “Famous Wine Villages of Bordeaux”  series  … Read more

Today?

So, what have you been doing today? “Banks of the Gironde” 30.5 x 40.6 cm (12″ x 16″) I’ve been mostly painting 🎨 on this new painting which is approaching completion. The colours are so unusual it is hard to photograph 😄 even with my qualifications and my sophisticated camera !   This scene of … Read more

Spring?

First day of spring today or so I’m told. Not such good weather today, two clouds in our sky. Still, good light for painting so here is a design I’m working on, one for my Café Culture series. In Saint-Christoly-Médoc, Roberte Pataluch, 78, has been running the Sports Café for 57 years. A real passion. … Read more

Anti-French?

In agreement with Geoff Day who wrote on the Rift in Brittany page of Facebook, by way of being ‘helpful’, I added…
Regarding Napoleon / Wellington, I agree with you 100 %.
Carcassonne
I’ve also found it helpful to disclaim English involvement in the 100 years war🤪.
I tell French acquaintances, it was the French (that goes down well in l’Occitane and most of western France including Brittany🙂) fighting the Plantagenets & Gascons (all ‘French’ peoples now…) and all due to the Norman uninvited invasion of England.

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Saint Emilion, Vines

Saint-Emilion, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France an exceptional painting, arguably the most famous name on red wines and a glorious painting, a classic view most tourists miss. Bordeaux, France an exceptional painting, arguably the most famous name on red wines and a glorious painting, a classic view most tourists miss. Bordeaux, Saint Emilion, “Famous Wine Villages … Read more