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Art Weekly No 131 – Italian Lemons

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For Sale – 15th October 2013 –

I guess Italian lemons do look like any other lemons! I seem to have rather a collection of photos of them, and these are mostly taken around the Amalfi Coast or Cinque Terre areas of Italy. Many of the shops have beautiful displays outside, just waiting for a quick photo to be snapped, and many of the restaurants have a simple heaped bowl of lemons sitting on a table before the restaurant is barely open in the morning. Then of course, speaking of lemons, there’s also the wonderful Lemoncello, an Italian lemon liqueur. This particular photo, was taken in Manarola, Cinque Terre on our visit there last year.

If  you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Italian Lemons
Price: AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)

 

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A Painting A Week No 130 – Reflections of Alonissos

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For Sale – 1st October 2013 –

When I was staying in the port of Patitiri on the lovely Greek Island of Alonissis in July, beneath my hotel window was a long line of fishing boats. They would be ‘missing’ when I woke in the mornings, and then gradually returned later in the day. I wandered past them most days in the hope of some good reflections and found that after 7pm they were at their best! Quite a few of the boats were red, and their reflections against the brilliant blue and turquoise water was definitely a painting in the making.

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Reflections of Alonissos
Price: AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Koroni Arts Festival, Koroni, Greece – September 2013

In conjunction with the Koroni Arts Festival, my latest and joint exhibition with fellow artist Gill Tomlinson, got off to a flying start with a great opening on 11th September. We were fortunate to be able to have our Exhibition in the lovely Maniatakeion building in ‘downtown’ Koroni, perfect with its large white walls and high ceilings. It was a particularly hot and steamy night, and I think the very professional interview and video has Gill and I looking surprisingly composed and cool!

I had various recently completed paintings on display, along with Gill’s mostly collage and mixed media works. The table down the middle of the Gallery contained our sketchbooks, which created a lot of interest. Some people even asked if they were for sale…. right!

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A Painting A Week No 129 – Virginian Creeper, Chateau Biron

For Sale – 27th August 2013 –

I took this photo during my first French sojourn in the Lot district in 2003. I’ve always loved the photo and intended to paint it, and its taken me this long!  Its a start, but I would like to attempt a large canvas – will add it to the list.

I was visiting Chateau Biron at the time, and was captured by the gold and red Virginian Creeper climbing on the stonework inside the courtyard walls of the Chateau.  Its been a long time, but I still remember it clearly!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Virginian Creeper, Chateau Biron
Price: AUD$90.00
Size: 15 x 21cm
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A Painting A Week No 128 – A Little Lavender, Provence

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For Sale – 7th August 2013 – 

Summer in France is always brimming with beautiful flowers, one of the most exceptional being the lavender. Huge swathes of it turn the countryside into patches of purple and its always interesting to see what’s grown alongside, or sometimes, what pops up wildly in the middle of it. I took this photo near Gordes one summer. It was just a small field, but I liked the combination with the pink shrub, which I believe is the Ile de France Butterfly Bush, or Buddleia.

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A Little Lavender, Provence
Price: AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
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A Painting A Week No 127 – Chania, Crete

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For Sale – 31st July 2013 – 

We were in Crete a little over a year ago with some Sydney friends, and this was my favourite place. Chania is the second largest city in Crete, but it feels more like a bustling town. The ‘old town’ is built around a lovely harbour, and crammed with the usual Greek tavernas and bars. Behind this, is a myriad of lanes and alleyways to explore – fairly touristy I guess, but the whole place does have a great buzz to it, even when you get further away from the harbour, where’ll you’ll also find some interesting Minoan excavations, as well as Venetian and Turkish areas.

This painting is of a very small area along the waterfront (our hotel was the pale blue one on the right!), with the haphazard line of awnings, and shops and restaurants below. It was fairly windy when we visited, and the harbour was rough, hence no boats lined up along the front.

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Chania, Crete
Price:  AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
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Greek Boats, Methoni

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Details of this painting can be found in Gallery – Greece.

There is a lovely old ruined Venetian fort in the town of Methoni, not far from us here. On one side of the slightly dilapidated walls there is the crashing sea, usually fairly wild as its the west coast of the Peloponnese, and on the other side is a calm bay, perfect for swimming, and for all the locals to use as a harbour.  I love the colour and shapes of all the different boats, tied up along the harbour walls. Although these can’t technically be described as Greek fishing boats, I bet that’s what they are!

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A Painting A Week No 126 – Fishing Boat, Koroni Harbour

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For Sale – 25th June 2013 – SOLD –

Not a very exciting title for a painting, but I seem to have Greek fishing boats everywhere I look right now, as well as in Koroni harbour and the bay below us. I’ve been painting them, sketching them, and sticking them onto collages. Each little waterside village around here has its unique selection of boats, and yes, most of them really do go out fishing each day, or night, and keep all the local restaurants full of seafood. I just love the shape of them, all the accoutrement hanging off them, not to forget all the little ‘sticky uppy bits’ (which I’ve recently told my students not to ignore!)

Summer has arrived with a vengance now – too hot for sitting on the edge of harbours sketching, but perfect for relaxing in any one of Koroni’s many cafes with an ice cold frappe, or an ouzo in your hand!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Fishing Boat, Koroni Harbour
Price:  AUD$ SOLD
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)