|
Old World first impressions, while arriving
in Dieppe and Normandie just before spring.
|
|
| 
 
|
Other
impressions from Normandie and Dieppe
|
Apple trees in Dieppe
Acrylic
on canvas 19 x 23 inches (50 x 65cm)
France.
April 2000.Collection Wayne Mello, Boston.
NOTES: the
painting "Dieppe" In
late May, while traveling to my favorite town in
France - Dieppe (!!!) - I noticed solitary old cider
apple trees that were nevertheless blossoming like
crazy! Often confined in a corner of a gloomy
bricked-up garden, they enlightened bravely the
Caux region for a couple of weeks...
The
projected shadow from the tree is made of layers
of brick, and I think that this painting is the
most moving one from my Spring French Break this
year.
|
France resources - France related news, books and regional resources.
France - Discover France
The apple paintings
collection
Story:
I arrived in France
in February 2000.
If the light is crisp, it is not the winter
I expected. It's cold, yes, but rainy! It was like a cheap
grade school watercolor version of November, without the richness
of autumn.
There is an abandoned cider-tree orchard in the
middle of my village (Gisancourt). In this cemetery-like
ambiance, I walked silently through, and in the coffins of patches
of grass that survived the frost of January I picked up mommies
of last year's harvest. The desiccated brown apples were the
richest colored gems Normandy offered me at that moment.
Comments:
Posted by Chance Kendall
on October 19, 2001
I really like the
FEVRIER picture. It is most outstanding. I think
the best part is the core of the apple exposing the tree inside.
I think that it is a wonderful concept and you should keep up the
good work. It also seems very graphic for some reason.
Write
your own comment 
|
|