Welcome!

Welcome to my Website. I do hope you enjoy browsing and that you can share a little taste of the places I’ve painted and understand why France, Greece and other parts of Europe are proving such an inspiration to me.

My life has taken a dramatic turn over the past few years, since I first ventured off to France in 2003 where I spent three wintery months painting and socialising in the Lot District, in South Western France. This was followed by further visits to the Lot (which had become my second home) and other parts of France where I explored, painted and photographed, until in early 2008 I moved to the Languedoc region of Southern France, where I spent two and a half years with my new partner, Peter.

Now, another chapter unfolds. Nearly a year ago we moved our base to Greece and I am now ‘straddling’ three countries; Greece, France and Australia. In some ways I’m still living what some people have called my ‘French Dream’, in that I’m able to visit France on a regular basis, and will continue painting its beautiful villages and countryside, but I’m now doing this whilst looking over the beautiful brilliant blue skies and waters surrounding the Peloponnese in Greece. What more could one want?!

I’ll continue to share with you in this website, my paintings and sketches from Greece, France and Italy as they're completed. Below are links to my two Blog sites. You can read more about the weekly paintings, tales of my travels or comments on every day life in my BLOGSPOT site, or follow my ART BLOG, where I'm sharing my 'Thoughts from the Studio' on sketching, painting, and all things creative.

In addition to my GALLERY is the ‘Painting A Week' or ART WEEKLY section of the website, where regular works are posted as they appear on my Blog each week for sale, having been sent out by email to my mailing list.
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Check out the updated NEWS page and also the new sections of the SKETCHBOOK.

All the paintings you see on the website are for sale. The majority are kept in Sydney, but any painting can be sent off or delivered at any time, wherever I am.
A complete new ONLINE SHOP now accompanies this website.
To purchase a painting, simply follow the links, or if you have any questions or would prefer to deal with me direct, please email me – see CONTACT page.

The paintings here are my way of reliving my time and experiences in the beautiful countries I’ve visited, and I hope they also reach out to you with reminders of those special places you’ve been to, or perhaps places you dream of someday visiting.

Jackie