Beech Wood

Lagard d'Apt Beech woods (oil on wood15cm x 10cm)

Lagard d'Apt Beech Woods (oil on wood 25cm x 32 cm)

It's been very hot the last few days, 38degrees c,  so this morning we went painting up in the hills at a 1000 meters altitude where the air was cool and clear.  There is a beautiful beech wood there with raking light and shimmering colours.  I was thinking about trying to paint the volume of space under the trees, rather than the trees themselves.

Quay Branly

pen and ink 26cm x 21cm

Just spent a few days in Paris, and these are some quick drawings I made while wondering around the Quay Branly, the 'new' musueum designed by Jean Nouvelle dedicated to art from Africa, Asia and the South Pacific.  I am always drawn to carved masks. The inventiveness with form and texture within the confines of the human face is amazing.