Provence

View of Avignon from the Palais des Papes

Watercolor, 20 x 29, $1,000

In 2002 I was able to fulfill a dream of a lifetime and spent nearly two weeks biking through Provence, France. I fell in love with the fields of poppies, the 400 square miles of vineyards, the olive groves and Roman ruins. I sailed past old farm houses with the famous red-tiled roofs, peered down from mountain tops at the villages nestled in the valleys, sipped pastis in cafés in the evenings as I watched the crowds strolling in the soft evening light. The trip, arranged through Euro-Bike & Walking Tours, was perfect and exceeded my expectations in every way.

But the best part is that I was able to stop when I wished, make sketches and take photos. I kept a journal as I was eating a lunch of goat cheese, fresh bread and olives under a roadside tree. When I returned home, I began a flurry of paintings which hasn't abated yet. This has also been the inspiration of further biking and art trips I've made in my own countryside and villages.

Click on the thumbnails below or Gallery II Provence for more paintings.


*View from Vancluse* Watercolor, 19.5 x 26.5, $850	*Market at St. Rèmy* Watercolor, 19.5 x 26.5 Sold	*Fabric Market, St. Rèmy* Watercolor, 20 x 27, Sold	*View of the Alpilles* Watercolor, 19.5 x 26.5, $850

*Doorway in Les Baux* *Watercolor, 12 x 18, Sold*	*Market at St. Rèmy #2* *Watercolor, 12 x 18, $375*	*Side Street, Vancluse* *Watercolor, 12 x 18, $375*	*Field of Poppies (duplicable)* *Watercolor, 8.5 x 20.5, $250*