Market Stall, Provence

The back side of a basket stall at the Sunday market at L'Isle sur la Sorgue.

Click here to see past year's paintings of the same market.

Sunday Market

Instead of a "Sunday sketchbook" this week, here's my watercolor from the Sunday market at L'Isle Sur La Sorgue (a subject colorful enough to deserve a painting.)

Sunday Market, Provence

On the first day of our workshop, we explored the wonderful market at L'Isle Sur La Sorgue, and I had a few minutes to buy some fruit, fabric and pottery for still life before I sat down to paint this view of the back of a basket vender's stall, as seen from across the narrow Sorgue river.

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.