Vineyards in winter - another take on the same location as the other day with Mount Ventoux in the background. Vignes en hiver - même si...

Rue Thiers, Avignon Slow death : this beautiful mural, an ad for a hat maker, one of Avignon's oldest and most beautiful painted ads...

  More pictures of last Saturday's Sketchcrawl - the top painting is mine (unfinished). The other photos show the atmosphere and lo...

A fairly large group met up yesterday (Saturday 25th January 2014) for the 42nd sketchcrawl at the Botanic garden centre in Villeneuve-l...

I took a walk in the vineyards above the village of Lafare yesterday afternoon. Some vines had had a haircut while others were still waiti...

Remember the bunch of grapes I photographed a while back? Here are the two paintings I did of it. I like the contrast of the green grape...

Heavy rain in Nîmes where I was on Saturday. Over the past few days the region has been affected by extreme weather conditions: fellow blo...

Over the rugged peaks of the Dentelles de Montmirail range, the sky divides in two: blue to the left, grey to the right. Which side are yo...

Bare vineyards near Beaumes-de-Venise, with a traditional 'cabanon' (tool shed) and the rugged peaks of the Dentelles de Montmirai...

Mid-afternoon still life with jug in my kitchen. I hardly had to arrange the composition a little before photographing it. Nature morte ...

When winter comes and a cold mistral blows outside, home photography becomes very tempting. I bought these grapes in order to paint the...

On a hike around Paty Lake (lac du Paty) on January 1st I discovered a pretty striking view of the village of Le Barroux with the rugged p...

Best wishes to all for a year 2014 filled with projects and adventures, good vibrations and nourishing love. I long for a world filled wit...

2014! On January 1st, the tradition with City Daily Photo bloggers is to show their photo of the year. Mine is from a shooting I did for ...

Vision through the window of the high speed TGV train from Avignon to Paris. Take the time to discover the sleepy faces among the naked t...

A bit of post processing for this little corner of wilderness in an unkept vineyard not far from home is part of winter entertainment when...

Avignon train station - the old Avignon Centre station I mean, not  the TGV station. This one is located right outside the city walls: a bri...

To those of you who celebrate Christmas, I wish a very happy time. May the spirit of love also spill onto those who don't celebrate it...

Pluie sur la route (novembre 2013) / Rain on the road (November 2013) Wet blurs are of my favorite themes, as my faithful readers know. ...

Notre Dame d'Aubune, our local 11th century chapel, in a glorious afternoon light. Local olives are green but ripe. We've just fin...

Foggy morning, sunrise. Taken from home last week. Matin brumeux, lever de soleil. Pris devant la maison la semaine dernière.

La petite chapelle de Notre Dame d'Aubune au lever du jour dans la brume. Beaucoup d'agriculteurs font des feux à cette saison...

Frozen foliage mess seized in a hedge located at the far end of a vineyard not far from home. Fouillis de feuillage glacé saisi dans une ...

 Burning leaves last Sunday. The conditions were safe conditions: no wind, water nearby, constant supervision. A fun activity for a teenag...

Ma dernière nature morte : poires dans un bol en porcelaine (peinture à l'huile sur papier toilé) My latest still life: pears in ...

Our olive grove at sunset - photo taken this week at the end of a busy day picking olives. Notre champ d'oliviers à la fin du jour -...

View of Mount Ventoux from Crillon-le-Brave, a tiny Provencal village which hosts a pretty spectacular five-star hotel . From there you ca...

Traversée d'un petit bois sur la route entre Modène et Caromb, novembre 2013. On the country road between Modène and Caromb, November...