Category: Art

  • Face from side and below, tilted, Conte pencil

    face from side tilted
    Face from side and below, tilted, Conte pencil, unsigned

  • Barge at Port de Plaisance in Nancy (watercolor)

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    Barge at Port de Plaisance in Nancy, 21 x 30 cm/8..3 x 11.7 inches on 300gr watercolor paper

    This was our view of the Port de Plaisance in Nancy

  • Go, Figures!

    leaning back view

    Several quick figure drawings in ink with wash using the two handed technique.

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  • Count Basie with Ella (pen and ink)

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    Count Basie with Ella (pen and ink)

  • Vailly-sur-Aisne

    Vailly-sur-Aisne, France
    Vailly-sur-Aisne, watercolor, 21 x 30 cm/8.3″ x 11.7″

    Vailly-sur-Aisne is a small town in the Gran Est region of France. We were moored on the canal when a woman stopped to chat. Later she returned in her car. This is the view from her garden.

  • Wine and Cheese

    wine and cheese in Lyon
    Wine and Cheese, watercolor and ink, 21 x 30 cm/8.3″ x 11.7″

    Two of my favorite cheeses are featured in this painting. Rustique is a brand of Camembert. It is reliably excellent and inexpensive to boot. Chausse aux Moines, a monk made cheese, has a washed rind that makes for a delightful crusty texture in contrast with the rest of the cheese.

    The French eat cheese after or in lieu of dessert, and sometimes at apero, a causal social gathering. It is usually paired with red wine. I have had it served with champagne. It is not served as an appetizer. Smoked salmon is not usually paired but I doubt I would hear any objections.

    We often enjoy cheese and wine with a great baguette- something the French have mastered!

  • Bridge in Dokkum

    Dokkum Bridge
    Dokkum Bridge, watercolor

  • The Cathedral at Tournai

    Tournai
    The Catherdral at Tournai , watercolor and ink, 21 x 30 cm, 8.3 x 11.7″ on 300 gram Canson watercolor paper

  • Go, Figures

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    Go Figure, Some More, , 21 x 29 cm/8.3 x 11.7″ Canson 300 gram paper
    Go Figure, Some More
    Go Figure Again, 21 x 29 cm/8.3 x 11.7″ Canson 300 gram paper

  • Four Figures, pen and ink drawing

    Four pen and ink figures
    Four Figures, pen and ink