Shadowland

Shadowland WIP

Provence Trees palette knife painting

24x30cm oil on MDF canvas panel

From the same area as yesterday's painting. 

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A Bouquet of Roses palette knife painting

A Bouquet of Roses

Oil palette knife painting

30x30cm on deep box canvas

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Still in a flower mood at the moment. I was tempted to go over, this while it was still wet, with a piece of card to mingle the colours more. Maybe next time!

Some Close-ups

On the wall

 

Poppy Takeover - Abandoned lavender field oil painting

Poppy Takeover - Abandoned lavender field in Provence

Palette knife painting

Oil on canvas board

24x30cm (approx 10"x12")

worldwide shipping included

I have painted the abandoned lavender fields before see here. This painting is slightly larger and contains more of the poppies that use any opportunity to takeover. 

About this painting

I started this painting before I went to Japan. After coming home from Japan I looked after my granddaughter during the holidays and then spent a few days in the Uk. So it was well and truly dry when I picked it up again yesterday.

To revive the surface I used Liquin, spreading it over with lint free cloth, leaving it for a few minutes and then wiping off the excess. This softens the dry surface and ensures a good bond between the dried paint and the new paint.

A few close-ups

Coastal Pines, Day 12, 30 days hath September challenge

Coastal Pines treescape landscape painting

18x24cm (approx7"x10")

oil on canvas panel
85€ International shipping included

 
Day 12, 30 days hath September challenge

Tree series ?
I seem to have started a series of tree paintings and I do enjoy painting them, especially when there is light and shadow playing on the trunks and underneath. Sweet Chestnut Walk and Cork Sentinels were from a recent trip into the Var. Sherwood Forest walk and today's painting are from older photographs taken earlier in the year.

The coastal road
These coastal pines were found along the coast road to St Raphael. 
It is a beautiful stretch of coast road that winds from Cannes to St Raphael and we take a trip down it at least once a year. I always take loads of photos so have plenty of references on my 'to do' list. 
Shadows and Light
These gnarled pines attracted my attention because of their shape and the shadows playing underneath them. It's amazing that they grow at all, they were coming out from underneath the tarmac of the road! Just to the left is the sea and I ignored the road for the painting using my artistic license.

Sweet Chestnut Walk - Day 8, 30 days hath September Challenge

Sweet Chestnut Walk treescape WIP

Day 8, 30 days hath September Challenge

Oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting
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Last Friday we took a drive around the vineyards in the Var region so I could gather some photos of the vineyards before the grapes were harvested. As part of the drive we went through the Les Maures hills national forest. Sweet chestnut trees grow wild amongst the cork oaks. Generally the day was overcast but every now and then the sun shone through and I managed to capture the sunlight in this view. This is not quite finished, I still have to work on the edges of the shadows.

Provence Landscape paintings SOLD

Yesterday I participated in another street exhibition in one of the local villages. I met lots of people who liked my art and sold four small paintings which was nice.

Provence Landscapes by Marion Hedger

When I arrived home, I had also sold one of my paintings via my Etsy store 

Container Gardening - a couple of paintings

Potted Glory and Container Colour are two of my latest floral paintings. I have detailed the process with some work in progress photos on my art of flower blog. Please go and check out the process.

Autumn Vineyard Provence oil painting

Autumn Vineyard Provence by Marion Hedger

18x24cm, palette knife painting

oil on canvas panel
Another vineyard scene from the same area as yesterday's painting.

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Painted with a palette knife on heavily textured canvas panel.