Tag: Fayence
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Sea Treasure / Trésor de la mer
Read more: Sea Treasure / Trésor de la merSea Treasure or Trésor de la mer is another work of the imagination similar in conception to the Rock painting (Le Retour aux Sources). A young attractive woman integrated into nature, this time water. The hands of nature offering up an oyster and pearl to….
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Nathalie
Read more: NathalieNathalie: Nathalie Pelhate was the daughter of Christine’s local doctor. The painting was done as payment for medical visits and a series of cortisone injections that Christine needed to overcome a serious injury……
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Recognition / Rapport
Read more: Recognition / RapportRecognition was another painting based on a dream. In the painting, Christine has altered her own face to give it a more feline look, complete with pseudo ears formed by the waves in her hair. Of course, the most notable feature is….
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Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 5
Read more: Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 5This is an early Sketch of a Young Woman, who I think was the eldest daughter of one of Christine’s neighbors. She is also depicted in several other sketches, drawn on an ochre paper base like this one. It was….
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Le Choix / The Choice
Read more: Le Choix / The ChoiceThe Choice or Le Choix was a second painting of Sybille Bennet, a fellow artist, neighbour and good friend of Christine’s. She lived just opposite her in Fayence, on the other side of the Rue de Château. This was yet another painting created to….
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Sybille
Read more: SybilleSybille: Sybille Bennet was a fellow artist, neighbour and good friend of Christine’s, who lived just opposite her place in Fayence, on the other side of the Rue de Château. This was another painting created to enter a specific exhibition, the 13th Grand Prix of the Côte d’Azure, in Cannes. In the diaries you can…
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Quo Vadis?
Read more: Quo Vadis?Quo Vadis? is Latin for “Where are you going?” or, from the King James Bible, John 13:36, “Whither goest thou?”. This phrase has generally come to represent a reflection on one’s direction or purpose in life. Unlike some of her paintings, this one didn’t start with a title or a dream but, instead, with a…
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Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the Renaissance
Read more: Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the RenaissanceUn Souffle de Renaissance or Breath of the Renaissance is finally a painting I know something about as it’s me, Anthony, her younger son. This was a real struggle to complete during a brief vacation I took in France, the year after I graduated from Duke University in the USA. You can see from the…
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Artisans d’Art et Artistes du Pay de Fayence
Read more: Artisans d’Art et Artistes du Pay de FayenceThis map for the Artisans d’Art et Artistes du Pay de Fayence or the Artisans and Artistes of the Fayence Region, was another product of working with….
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis is a more conventional view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside Fayence, off the road to Seillans on the valley floor. This lovely chapel was the subject of many of Christine’s landscapes. Although there is…..