Jane Courquin Recent Paintings: 2015

Monday, 21 December 2015

EXPOS ! DeCeMbEr ExHiBiTiOns 2015, TuSSoN and VeTeuiL~sur~ChaRenTe

December has been a busy month with expos and sales and trying to post off paintings to London after a night bank robbery at the local post office. So once again all is well in the best of all possible worlds as 2015 draws to a timely close. There is already blossom on the pear tree and daisies are out on the lawn. The expos went swimmingly well and i am ready to plant the magic beans for 2016.

Monday, 30 November 2015

Spring Daffs and the Verteuil-sur-Charente Fritillary Meadow 2015 ~ SOLD


>Spring Daffs and the Verteuil-sur-Charente Fritillary Meadow< Oil on Canvas 2015 Jane Courquin

The first of two sales from last week that i have been celebrating. Spring is in the wintry air !

Blackbird with Blackberries 2015 ~ SOLD


>Blackbird with Blackberries< Oil and mixed media on canvas Jane Loveday Courquin 2015

Blackbird with Blackberries was sold during a small exhibition of my work at La Prieurie of La Musee du Patrimoine in Tusson , La Charente on Sunday 29th November. It is now in the private Art collection of an editor of La Charente Libre newspaper.

Thursday, 26 November 2015

LeS OiSeAuX

>Les Oiseaux< Acrylic on canvas 80x80cms Jane Courquin 2015

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

sWiMMiNg iN tHe sUnLiGhT zOnE, jUnE 2015.

On 7 June 2015 we drove to a secret location on the Ile de Re for a weeks holiday by the seaside. After a stroll on the beach and a wade through the rock pools I spotted two mermaids sat on a rock and quickly decided the week for me was going to be a crash course in becoming a mermaid.
So I watched the tides and calculated when was best to swim and when was the best time to go rock pooling. I learnt about the splash zone and the rip and the wine coloured seas of the classical poets. And I finally braved a swim with > Les Meduses< .

The painting is underway as I work from my sketchbooks, photos and memories.
I have added the > mermaid< stone I found on the beach in the painting above and some of the red seaweed left behind on the splash zone. A mermaids purse clinging to a sea tangle leads us into the painting. The whole space is sun drenched and full of light.

detail L' Antiquites, La Flotte, Ile de Re

Le BaNc 2015

Its been a pleasure to participate in the Artistes et Compagnie project for 2015. I was first invited to the project by Dominique Retouret in 2014 to paint a homage to Monet's Waterlilies series alongside a small group of French and Belgian artists.
This year I was commissioned to work in full liberty from my own paintings. This is the resulting bench painted over a long weekend in full sunshine.
I was most thankful to the residents living opposite who kindly appeared with trays of fresh mint tea and Algerian patisseries and fresh dates whilst I was painting. My thanks also go to a local 10 year old girl who came to watch me work and to other friends who stopped by to show their interest and support.

Friday, 5 June 2015

>LeS AbRiCoTs, LeS CeRiSeS et LeS PeRrOqUeTs<

>Les Abricots, Les Cerises et Les Perroquets< Jane Courquin 2015 Copyright, Oil on Canvas 80x80cms

Saturday, 2 May 2015

Le JaRdIn sYmBoLiQuE A TuSsOn

Jane Courquin >Le Jardin Symbolique < 2015 Mixed Media 80x80cms

Returning to painting the medieval gardens at Tusson on the Route de St Jacques de Compostelle is a way to experiment with a more chalky and paler palette after my recent trip to some inspiring London galleries. I'm enjoying playing with the circular symbol shapes within a rectilinear composition and combining interior still life objects with the outdoor gardens.