This big painting of the forest is used as a backdrop for one of the sets at the Centre d’Imaginaire Arthurien at Comper Castle in Brittany, France.
This commission of 2021 is hung in the officers’ quarters of the battleship, FREMM Alsace. The painting showcases the region for which the vessel is named: Alsace, a beautiful part of France on its Eastern border. The crew of the ship knew what they wanted:…
Shown in the exhibition “Outremer” held at the Museum of the Marine, Paris, France, in 2011
The ornamental cherry tree in the garden, seen from my studio window for three consecutive days of autumn.
I love the ox-eye daisies that grow wild in my garden and paint them every springtime, weather permitting.
The strong light at Djibouti pushed me to change my palette. Subsequently I’ve built on the new techniques I developed there whilst working in the field to evoke these trees.
I found these wild daffodils on the coast at St Vaast whilst looking for a spot from which to paint Tatihou island.
I painted this one whilst in the first lockdown, making the most of the wonderful spring weather to work in the garden.
Thanks to the workshops and exhibitions held at the Pigeonnier http://www.stagesdupigeonnier.com/stages.html in the village of Plieux, the beautiful countryside of the Lomagne area of the Gers in France is the focal point for many of my landscapes.
The Chapelle-Gaceline is a small village near where I live in Brittany, France.
I find the architecture of new york city inspiring and have been there several times. Entering the harbour after having crossed the Atlantic by sail is something I’m proud of
The Lexington candy shop, an original New York Luncheonette on the corner of Lexington and E83rd it’s my favourite place to lunch when I go to the Metropolitan Museum.
Exhibited in 2021 at the chateau musée of Noirmoutier, France at the exhibition “Fantastic Deeps”, and at the show « Mélusine, secrets of a faery” in December 2019 to March 2020 at the l’Historial in the Vendée, France.
For my sister Helen who was born in the spring.
When a small child I went to York once and have never forgotten the steep road leading up to the cathedral. York is nothing like my painting but strangely it reminds me of my visit there. The boat in the background is the schooner Etoile.
A painting created for an exhibition about Knights at the Centre of Arthurian Imagination at Château de Comper in the forest of Broceliande, Brittany, France in 2021/22
My version of The lady of Shallot.
This picture was created in 2013 for the exhibition, Ardenne and Brittany, distant sisters, organised by the Centre for Imagination Arthurian. Unable to find someone with enough free time to pose for this picture I ended up painting myself as The Lady of the Lake.…
A creation for the exhibition « Merlin » at the Centre for Imagination Arthurian at the Chateau de Comper in Broceliande Forest, Brittany, France
I wondered why mermaids were never depicted as babies…
Created for the exhibitions held at Exeter (GB) and Chateau de Compere en Broceliande for the project “Share our legends”, funded by Europe.
Exhibited in 2021 at the chateau musée of Noirmoutier, France at the exhibition “Fantastic Deeps”, and at the show « Mélusine, secrets of a faery” in December 2019 to March 2020 at the l’Historial in the Vendée, France
Exhibited in 2021 at the chateau musée of Noirmoutier, France at the exhibition “Fantastic Deeps”, and at the show « Mélusine, secrets of a faery” in December 2019 to March 2020 at the l’Historial in the Vendée, France.
Exhibited in 2021 at the chateau musée of Noirmoutier, France at the exhibition “Fantastic Deeps”, and at the show « Mélusine, secrets of a faery” in December 2019 to March 2020 at the l’Historial in the Vendée, France.
In case you’re wondering, I’m against whaling.
The Liquid gas carriers being repaired at Brest in France have never ceased to fascinate me by their extraordinary colour and size since I discovered the dry docks there in 1996.
A painting done for the 120th anniversary of the tall ship Belem that was chosen for the cover of a coffee table book “Hommage au Belem” published by Gallimard, celebrating the ships life and adventures : cover photo of the book below.
The study for the final canvas was painted at Kristiansand in Norway whilst on my journey to the far North aboard the schooner Etoile.
This amazingly rusty boat pushed me to paint two canvasses.
Destroyers, being constructed at the wonderful ship yard of Lanester in France.
Tugs always seem so valiant, being definitely one of my favourite types of boat.
Painted at Sables d’Olonne the eve of the 2020 Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race.
This boat is the subject of several paintings. The theme: A vessel in the night, is one of my favourites.
Built by Piriou at Concarneau, this training ship means a lot to me as I had the luck to be chosen to launch it.
Awarded winner of Mains & Merveilles (all categories) 2012, by the Morbihan County Council (France) for a contemporary creation.
Exhibited in 2013 at the Grand Palais, Paris (France) at ART en CAPITAL (Comparaisons)
Exhibited at the Grand Palais, Paris (France) at ART en CAPITAL 2017 (Comparaisons)
To be done alone or in small groups
A prototype for the trophy commissioned for the French “Admiral of the fleet’s Prize”.
This piece was created after a trip to Wallis, a French Polynesian atoll/island with a king, on board the ship Jacques Cartier. I chose to depict a child as I spent a lot of time surrounded by children whilst painting there. The original of the…
Exhibited at the Grand Palais, Paris (France) at ART en CAPITAL 2014 (Comparaisons)
Exhibited in 2014 at the Grand Palais, Paris (France) at ART en CAPITAL (Comparaisons) and the 41st Salon of the Marine at the Museum of the Mer, Paris (France)
A Lamaneur (or docking pilot) takes the ship’s mooring lines to bring them to shore.
A continuity of the artwork « Retrouvailles »
Exhibited in 2020 at the Grand Palais, Paris (France) at ART en CAPITAL (Comparaisons)
This piece was directly inspired by the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain who cross the Lomagne Gersoise region of France where I like to paint. I also often see them trudging by at St-Léonard-de-Noblat (Haute-Vienne) when showing at the biannual…
Exhibited in 2020 at the Grand Palais, Paris (France) at ART en CAPITAL (Comparaisons) and 2021 at the Museum of Fine Art, Brest (France) 2021 during the 45th Salon de la Marine.
