Pas de Calais, Northern France

Just back from a quick few days in France, a nice break and a chance to use my little compact camera.

Loved these circles, and textures.....  The top two images were taken in Montrieul, a pretty walled town in Pas de Calais, the dome is the cathedral in Boulogne.  The turquoise and grunge in the centre photo are making me want to get into the studio and splash some colour and texture onto canvas, mmm......watch this space!

Mountains

Loving texture at the moment..... and I'm so enjoying painting with thick paint and lots of colour.

Patrick's French Beach Hut

This lovely etching was a New Year present from Patrick Fournier and his wife Martine.  Patrick is an artist based in Paris who also has a studio on the Normandy coast.  Each time we go to Normandy, both Patrick and Martine make us so very welcome.  I love this etching of Patrick's, he says he has many happy childhood memories of time spent at this beach hut ........