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Provence - September 2009 |
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Edwin L. Green, Artist |
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Oil Paintings/Watercolor Paintings |
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All Provence prints fit 9x12 (or 11x14) frames. They are done on Arches paper and limited to 25 prints per series -signed and numbered by the artist.
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Original paintings available as well. Prints are $30 including shipping. Originals are $350 including shipping.
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Place du Grand Jardin - Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
Le Vieux Frene - Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
La Porte Templier - Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10
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Fenetre Jumelee -XIIIe Siecle Acrylic/Canvas 6x8 Original Available |
La Porte - Hotel de Ville Acrylic/Canvas 6x8
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La Porte -Place Clemenceau Acrylic/Canvas 8x10
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Chapelle des Penitents Blancs Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
Les Baous de Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10
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Marchand de Legumes Acrylic/Canvas 8x10
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Mme Annabelle -Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
... la vie est la - Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10
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Vue du Grenier II Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
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Vue du Grenier I - Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
Encore de Pluie - Vence Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
...comme il pleut dans la ville Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 |
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Le Mendiant a La Porte Acrylic/Canvas 8x10 Original Available |
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Painting in Vence, France September 2009 |
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If you have read the Artist page, you have probably guessed that I'm an inveterate Francophile. I make no apology; I love French culture, their language, the people - visiting regularly for more than 45 years. September 2009 was special: after an absence from the Cote d'Azur of more than forty years, I returned to Provence to paint For me, Paris had become a destination because of the ease of selling paintings there and because it is such a beautiful place to be. Thomas Wolfe has said you can "never go home again". Of course he was right, but it was fabulous to see southern France again and at my age. What a difference! In spite of an unusually rainy September, nothing could have been more exciting than the clean, clear light of Provence. I stayed in a small hotel (La Victoire) in Vence - purposefully avoiding the more touristy St. Paul de Vence five miles down the road. A day in Villefranche was enough to satisfy any lingering nostalgia - my apartment still there behind the Hotel Welcome, the charm of the steep, narrow medieval streets and archways persisted, but Vence was new to me and I spent most of my time painting there. Stay several weeks in a small town anywhere in the world and you come to know it in more than a cursory way - the locals, too. One day in Vence I was painting a fruit stand in the medieval Cour Surian when it started raining. I was ready to pack up when Thomas Spagnolini, the owner of the stand, went to the restaurant next door and borrowed a large umbrella which he set up over me so I could continue painting. How incredibly thoughtful! Several artists kept studios in Vence. When one would see me painting, they would stop to chat or to invite me to in for a coffee. The local gendarmerie, the reporter from Nice-Matin, the patronne of the Salon du Tea in the Cour Godeau who brought me a cup of tea and a biscuit and commiserated about the rain - all were friendly and welcoming beyond imagining. No one, however. could have been more wonderful than the owners of the Hotel La Victoire, Nathalie and her husband, Pierre. Large resort resort hospitality, while perfectly ok if you don't know any better, is quite different from the sincere and cordial reception one receives in a small French hotel. In all, I was able to complete twenty two paintings - acrylic on canvas, though normally I use Gamblin oils. The trip was without event. The euro dearer than it has ever been in my lifetime. Of course, when I sell my first million dollar painting I'm going back for a while.
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Edwin L. Green, Artist P. O. Box 744 Toano, Virginia 23168 |
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Phone (757) 566-1582 |
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email: elgreenart@oasisonline.com |
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