One of my first big projects after coming to live here in the early 90s was the interior of a restaurant, which was to be called Les Fresques. It was attached to a Château in the throes of being gutted and restored as a hotel complex. On a previous château commission I had divised a…
During the confinement we, like many others took the opportunity to get on with some house repairs and decorating, getting ready for the season if it were ever to happen. Well I’m happy to say that after all our bookings being cancelled this year, once restrictions were eased people quickly started booking their holidays again.…
I wrote this during the exhibition in August and didn’t get round to posting it as I had to rummage about looking for images to illustrate it: Sitting here invigilating our 2 artist exhibition at St Avit Sénieur has prompted moments of reflection. The purpose for coming to live in France (for me) was to pursue…
I had a couple of jobs towards the end of last year, one was to paint the interior of a WC like a stormy sky, almost black with clouds looming menacing and dark. This is the before photo, I’ve just sanded it down to key the first coat of primer, incidentally I painted this WC…
The ceiling is finished! One or two minor things to add later, some more leaves to soften the edges, (you have to live with something a little while to see what you might like to add or take away, luckily so far there is nothing to take away!) Here is a reminder of what the…
My aim is to finish the details on the ceiling by the end of this week, hoorah!..the birds are completed…. about 50 in number. I’ve tweaked the swirlies, having given them more contrast here and there. I was slightly held up because I decided to repaint the owl, I had got over-enthusiastic with the number of feathers…
Glad that the awful treacly paint finish is completed we moved on to the first coat of colour; having quickly and very loosely marked out where the opening to the sky will be, we painted the cream surround first. In age-old fashion, I drew out my designs onto sheets of paper taped together, some are 4mx3m. I…
I heard the first cuckoo of spring yesterday; all the years we have been here the local cuckoo has his/her own particular voice, she cries “cuck-cuck-cuckoo”. Assuming we are now listening to her descendants, it’s interesting that we still hear that same triple-cuck cry. A testimony to the parents passing on their characteristics. Or maybe…
Firstly here are the links to parts 9 and 10 of the Puppet Challenge, the art still keeps on coming, each one so original, the artists so varied. http://clivehicksjenkins.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/the-puppet-challenge-part-10-phil-stephanie-anna-charlotte-and-janet/ http://clivehicksjenkins.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/the-puppet-challenge-part-9-shellie-leonard-and-the-unknown-claire/ The rest of this blog is going to be rather disjointed, but it’s about our daily lives, so it’s bound to be so. A friend…
Putting my thoughts about classical music into words.
Lily S. May--Life with Art
sharing the creative process of artist, illustrator, and book lover, Judy Watson
Sharing my work and thoughts....
painting...drawing...making small worlds
Essays on Mathematics and Culture
postcards from the hedge - a blog by Phil Cooper
views from the artist's studio.
ARTIST: oils, watercolours, trompe l'œil and design
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