Postcard from Provence

Julian wrote:
oooh! is just fine Carolyn, surprisingly it's a tough job and the odd ooooh is much appreciated!
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Thanks Don, I think that I'm exploring things that maybe I've only painted previously on a larger scale like these, the influences are Morandi and Cezanne (Cezanne obviously being a big influence on Morandi).
Nineteen of the last twenty paintings have been still life, mostly painted in overcast conditions or occasionally with artificial light. I've hardly been out and the days are very short. Trying to keep up the surprise element is getting complicated, perhaps that's the best thing that can happen forcing one to explore the motif more thoroughly? I do seem to have produced a small series.
I'm off to Paris on Saturday to see the big Courbet exhibition at the Grand Palais and to hear my wife play the continuo in Don Giovanni. Perhaps I'll come back with a different view of ..the world!!
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Bartow, the pears are past their best but anyway inedible, they are little miniature pears called Poire Martin Sec and only used for making liquers etc. a little like the pear equivalent of crab apples. They are very small which makes them very useful in little paintings. Je ne mange pas les Poires Martin Sec!