30 Paintings in 30 Days #21 View from the Top, Gordes

View From the Top, Gordes

View From the Top, Gordes

21st painting for the month. (Yep, I have to catch up.) 
There's a great little boutique, right off the main square and next to where I was standing painting. If you like linen clothing, it's great. If you like gelato, you can get some a few paces away. Gordes was featured a few times in "A Good Year" the movie with Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. 
This painting has been accepted into the Forest & Ocean Gallery for Laguna Plein Air's next show coming up in February, 2016. ‪#‎LPAPA‬'s ‪#‎30paintingsin30days‬.

Oil on archival board. 8" x 8"

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30 Paintings in 30 Days #11 Lavender Field

#11 Lavender Field

Lavender Field

After a long afternoon of scouting before the guests arrived, we headed back for a glass of something cool and regional. We were in the Côtes du Rhone after all. We drove past this farm house and in unison decided "Let's paint that!" A quick U-turn, we pulled off the road and whipped out our gear in a race before the golden hour ended. I managed to start this sketch, then got distracted photographing my artist friends thigh-deep in lavender. See Instagram for those pics. Oh well I never finished it there. But I did manage to complete it 6 months later in the studio.

Oil on Linen Panel. 6" x 6"

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30 Paintings in 30 Days #8 Vineyard Road

I love the light effects in Provence. The very air seems to shimmer and objects transform into light emitting forms. And when painting them, well sometimes, it's like trying to catch sunlight in your hand. Not possible, but we keep on trying. 
Here's a typical road, heading off into the shimmering light, beckoning to follow. But sometimes it's better to stake down your easel and give a shot at capturing light. 

5" x 7" Oil on Archival Board.
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30 Paintings in 30 Days #7 Over the Roof Tops

Over the Roof tops

In a previous painting I painted this village from below looking up towards its skyline. Here it is from above looking out over the Luberon valley stretching out for miles towards Mont Ventoux. I am always astounded by the beauty, the same thoughts enter my mind every time - People. Actually. Live. Here.

6" x 8" Oil on Archival Board.
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30 Paintings in 30 Days #4 Bonnieux from below

Village of Bonnieux from Below

Many Provencal villages are "perched" ('villages-perchés) on hills like these, with a spire dominating the the skyline. Makes sense, as these places are naturally defensible. Nowadays they are tranquil and welcoming, they offer lovely compositions from below and stunning vistas from above. 

I found this village 'accidentally' as I drove up from Nice on the back roads, suitably jet-jetlagged, driving a stick shift all the way (after a one hour lesson in Hollywood), feeling alternately like Clouseau and Bond himself. 

11" x 14" Oil on Archival Board.
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30 Paintings in 30 Days #3 Luberon Village

Luberon Village

Finding villages like this one is what 'traveling' in France is all about. These are place where tourist buses don't go. Every one has its own unique charm and this is what we set out to paint when we find them. This is Joucas, charming little village - a stop on our 'Lavender Route' when we paint there in June.

6" x 6" Oil on Archival Board.
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