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| painting jane courquin le jardin mediaeval Tusson |
I frequently find myself inadvertently on the route of St Jacques de Compostelle . My first encounter was in the Pays Basques whilst residing and exhibiting at the Galerie Dacosta Bray in Saint Jean Pied de Port in 2002 with fellow professional painter Nichollas Hamper . A more recent brush with this well trodden path was whilst visiting the Musée du Patrimoine in Tusson with its wonderful mediaeval garden of healing medicinal and culinary plants.
Both places have been remarkably inspirational to me and the painting above draws on the medicinal garden and its encyclopedic collection of graphic symbols to represent the plethora of healing plants that surround us .
The orange indian marigolds ( calendula) in the top left hand corner of the painting are a nod to my friend and fellow professional painter Justine H. who sent me a small packet of calendula seeds when we moved to france that have long since spread all over the garden and are now flourishing even further up the road aswell .They are equally reminiscent of my travels around India in 1998.The blue enamel jug is especially resonnant for me as it was given to me by my extraordinary friend and mentor Florence .
The coquille de St Jacques gives the painting context .
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