Monpazier, SW France $130 U/F
This watercolour with Monpazier seen through one of the many arcades shows this bastide in a classic view.
This watercolour with Monpazier seen through one of the many arcades shows this bastide in a classic view.
I found the wide Aubrac landscape mesmerising and its historical traces spoke to its history
Grasse, with its narrow and steep streets, is the city of ‘perfumiers’, surrounded by a countryside of roses and lavender.
The mediaeval town of Óbidos is one of the most picturesque and well preserved in Portugal, and provides many glimpses for the artist.
Sometimes I try my hand at pastel (on hand made paper from the Moulin de Larroque)
The farm trails on the ‘calcaire’ of the plateau in the Lot can lead one’s eye into the fields.
Autumn in Quercy is full of mists on many mornings. By lunchtime the sky is clear again.
The high Aubrac mountain plateau (SW France) is a stunning vast place full of historical remnants. Traces of buron summer huts, isolated farms, pilgrimage routes, waterways and lakes, tiny hamlets, churches, even an old pilgrim’s hospital. In the past the pilgrim route starting in Le Puy-en-Velay through Aubrac was the most important in France. In…
Although the plateau of Aubrac is vast, it is not empty. The colours of the grasses and water are magnified in the autumn light.
Every Saturday morning the Cathedral city of Albi in the Tarn draws the locals to shop under the colourful umbrellas.