The Hôtel de Ville is the traditional name given to the Town Hall or La Mairie much to the confusion of any tourists looking for a place to spend the night.

A view of Fayence from one of the approach roads. I love the added details of the two cats and the lady hanging her laundry out beside the road.

ayence – Robert Fabre Avenue looking from Rue Maurice Astier as best as I can work out from my recollection and looking at Google maps. It was a particularly hazardous intersection especially on…..

The working draft for La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs. Christine would often do a very quick sketch of a selected subject on location. Sometimes these draft pictures would be…..

La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs was part of a series of watercolours Christine painted to sell in her little gallery. It is another in…..

The working draft for Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest. Christine would often do a very quick sketch of a selected subject. Sometimes these draft pictures would be simple…..

Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest was part of a series of watercolours Christine painted to sell in her little gallery. She decided that she needed to…..

Another view of Fayence, this time painted from Christine’s road as one continues Up the Hill on the Grand Rue du Chateau and looks back towards the village. After her heart attack in….

The Clock Tower of Fayence was built on a prominent rock at the apex of the village. Proudly erected in 1908 (as displayed on the side), the tower is one of the main attractions in….

This is a very detailed watercolour of The View from Christine’s living room window looking down the Grand Rue du Château. I think it was this view which was its big selling point and the reason she moved….