Christabel's paintings

Christabel Forbes has been our artist in residence and general factotum since August.  She studied at Falmouth School of Art, (as did Mark Cazalet and Kieran Stiles) and then went on to do the drawing year at the Royal Drawing School.  She joined us in August and has been happily painting in the landscape since then.  She has produced an exuberant body of work using oils and oil pastels which very ably express her joy at the colours and light of Provence.

Christabel's painting of the woods at Les Bassacs

This last painting was done in situ on a huge board propped up against the trees and with a thunderstorm threatening - intrepid stuff!  She is now off to teach painting in India for three months, something we know she will enjoy greatly.  Christabel's website.

Double rainbow

Can you see the pot of gold?

Isabelle, our second architect!

The day that the United Kingdom voted to Brexit, our daughter Isabelle became an architecte diplomé d'Etat having graduated from L'Ecole Nationale Superior d'architecture de Paris Malaquais.  We are very proud parents.

Isabelle receiving her diploma and being teased about Brexit by the principal.

Last vernissage of the season

David and Christabel hanging the last vernissage

I know there has been nothing on the blog since June! Its been so hot from the middle of June to this last week, the heat has just been draining.  We've had no extra energy to devote to other things like the blog.  The kitchen was regularly at 31C in the evenings and its taken all our efforts to keep going! I've put together a selected highlights of the summer to give a flavour of how life has been at Les Bassacs.

The heat broke last week with some spectacular skies.

autumn equinox

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