Paint Provence and elsewhere with Tess
and other storiesVineyards in Provence
A break from it all. Funny, isn't it? That the thing that does you the most good is generally the one thing you don't do. Painting calms, soothes and seems to regulate me in a way that nothing else can. And yet and yet I don't do it. I have so many things I have to...
Colours
Awake early this morning just in time to catch the sun as she rose, the dogs were less interested in the morning hues. I was transfixed. It is astonishing to me how much nature continues to give and give and how much we take from her. I started to think about all the...
DIFFERENCES
I clutched the moving rail, stood firm on the step lest I should lose my balance, I thought how different now to just five years ago when I would have run down the escalator not thinking that I would be prone to dizzy spells and lack of balance. Age, I thought...
September breezes cool the hot air
Today we finally have cool weather the mistrals strong winds have blown away the hot humid air. It has been a summer of heat, hard work and big things to cope with. I turned 62 yesterday and I have finally had a calm quiet weekend which has been wonderful. My...
A voyage of discovery
Yesterday we visited Angouleme, we weren't very impressed but we did have a nice lunch there in pretty surroundings and enjoyed the shops. We didn't paint there, we didn't want to. Instead we came back to Lime Tree House and painted here the rather pretty old loo...
From Provence to the Charente
What a contrast! From mountains and turquoise lakes, red and yellow and golds, grass already burnt from the sun, 40 degrees and hotter, hiding from the sun to this idyllic weather 30 degrees maximum during the day, cool evenings and nights with cool breezes, no...
Missing a beat in Provence
Or even two or three. It is just one of those things, I think to myself, I'll wait until I have more time, I'll have more time tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. I keep putting writing my blog off because I want enough time to write it in and to enjoy writing...
The vivid colours of Fontaine de Vaucluse
I first came upon the Fontaine de Vaucluse 26 years ago on my journey through France in my faithfull deux chevaux called Dolly. The crystel clear water gushing from the foot of a 235 metre high lime stone cliff took my breath away today just as it did all those...
Paint Provence with Tess May 18th – 25th
This is our house in Saint Didier for the week. It is so perfectly beautiful and typical of Provence. All I am going to do today is post photo's of this lovely place as very soon I will be doing the airport run to pick up my Paint Provencers! I have 2 places...
Seeing Reg.
I haven't seen this painting for quite a while now. I called it Brave Space, mainly because I felt quite brave painting such a huge canvas 180 c x 300 cm. It takes up alot of space, but is so sunny to see. I love painting huge canvasses and Neil and Tiziana have...