Between Houses, Viens

Light and shadows, hollyhocks, and a view to blue hills from the high walls of a fortified hill town.

Looking into the Valley

The lavender is just coming into its peak color now, and combines with wheat fields, vineyards and hedgerows to make a landscape like a brightly patterned quilt thrown over rolling hills to the base of the blue Luberon mountains.

Mas and Field, Murs

A farmhouse by the bend in the road by the town park on a hot morning.

Fields Behind Les Bassac

That "golden hour" nineteenth century light that landscape painters love so much.

Market at L'Isle Sur La Sorgue

This Sunday market is famous around the world for its antiques, but when I'm here I always find myself sitting on a bench, looking across the river Sorgue at the shapes and colors on the back side of the vendor's stalls.

Sunday Sketchbook: In Transit

Somewhere over the Atlantic, flying from Montreal to Marseilles for two weeks of painting and teaching in Provence.