Goult

Goult cemetery (10cm x 15cm)

Goult cemetery (oil on wood 25cm x 32cm)

The smaller image is a very fast small oil painting made on site, at the end of a mornings painting.  The larger image is a painting of a painting, made in the studio.  I'm not sure whether it's finished yet, as is often the case when I am in the studio.  Paintings can rumble on for months.  Painting outside I just run out of time, or it gets dark, or I get hungry - then I know I've finished.  This particular place I think is very interesting because the space is very theatrical.  It recedes in a very controlled way, giving a feeling of something mysterious, a narrative about to unfold.

Jardin de la Louve

Jardin de la Louve (pencil on paper 17cm x 17cm)

Jardin de la Louve (oil on board 25cm x 32cm)

This a bit different from recent images that have all been painted in situ.  I made a series of small drawings as I wondered around these beautiful gardens full of sculpted shapes grouped together, and used them to create an image in the studio that combines the drawings, memory and imagination.

Venasque

Venasque (oil on board 25cm x 32cm)

The light is getting really good at this time of year for painting outside.  The shadows are longer, the light is warmer, and the colours begin to separate after the intense bleached out light of the summer.