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"Provence has always been a first love
- there are marvellous hill towns allowing me to look out over the
landscape to observe the sunlit facets of the buildings and the light
catching the sculptured landscape."
Gordes
in Golden Light 30" x 24" 76cm x 61cm
Gordes
in Hazy Light 30" x 24" 76cm x 61cm |
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“Gordes for me is still one of the most
sumptuous images in the South of France. I saw it for the first
time on a summer evening, with the light falling across the
incredible promontory from which buildings seem to grow out
from the rock face. It is an image that has never left me and
I have painted it many times from many viewpoints.”
“The emotional response to the landscape of Provence
is simply one of colour. The sensuality of colour and light
affects the feeling one has for a region and in Provence I
found a whole new colour vocabulary. The visual impact together
with the whole way of life in that region is a potent mix.” |
“From the terraces of the hill towns
you can look out over the landscape and view both man-made and natural
patterns. You can see the contrast between the buildings and orchards
or the crops growing in the fields and the way the farmers have sculpted
the landscape over generations.”
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