For those of you who aren't familiar with my french paintings in general or my recent paintings, here are a few examples of my labors of the last 6 months, these are all painted from life in oil on canvas or masonite. Above is a painting of the roof tops of Uzes from a friend's building's roof. The title of this one is Tour du Roi (Kings Tower) oil on canvas (28 x 23). The Tower in the foreground is the oldest of the fortifications built here when the ruling family became t

Expat artist from South Carolina moves to the South of France to find inspiration

In the summer of 1999 I was invited to travel to France with a friend artist Ben Long from Charleston SC. We were both living in Asheville, NC at the time, trying to start an art school that focused on realism. The trip was planned as a work shop and since it had been years since I had been to France, I was really looking forward to it. France has always been one of my favorite places. Paris of course is one of the worlds most amazing cities and was the first place I pain

Since the house fire (long story) I have been living and painting in my studio in Uzes France a smallish french town with a big town sophistication and great social atmosphere. Without the room I had in the house while it is awaiting reconstruction however, I've had to become much more organized than I ever was before. This exercise of spacial efficiency has lead me to think about ways to make painting materials more organized. My palette has always been extremely organiz