THE RED ROOM

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This is the first in a series of French inspired, chateau interior paintings I plan to make . I guess it is my dream to live in one and until such a time.... I shall continue to create it on canvas!

PINK PEONIES

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A lovely, lose still life of pink peonies, reflecting some of the last rays of summer! 

JAUNE ET BLEU

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Blue and yellow must be one of the most calming combinations of colour and I love the classic edge a bit of delft lends to any simple selection of fruit. Warm reflections of light play off on the silver urn in background to complete a lovely, homely scene.

PEACE OFFERING

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So after some 'words' over the weekend, my husband came home with these B E A U T I F U L red roses today! Before the sun could set I quickly put together this still life, and still it is, as this peace offering had the desired effect!

VINTAGE ROSES

A darling painting of shabby chic type of roses, beautifully fluffy. I love how it turned out and have used to produce a range of my gift bags. This painting would look lovely in any beach house setting or vintage type of interior.

WHITE ROSE

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Here is a lovely little oil on canvas study of a white rose. It is bright and soft with an interisting play between texture, tone and color. I did not use any white as it were, and in that lies the beauty of this painting. I believe it will look beautiful in any interior and would be easy to decorate any room with it.

PINK ROSES

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This is once again a selection of a few of my favourite things, one of which is this beautiful vase my brother Frans gave to me on my last trip to South Africa.

READING FROM FESTIVE FRANCE

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​Here I captured my daughter, Sita, reading from Festive France, a lovely book on South Africans who have moved to France where they now have a beautiful chateaux and live my ULTIMATE life! I really tried to express the intensity of the late afternoon sun on her by juxta positioning cool purples agains warm yellow light.

REFLECTIONS

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This, I might say is one of the loveliest paintings I've made in a long while! Just love the beautiful reflections of the shutters on the table. Thelema is an award winning wine from South Africa, and this here is a 2004 Pinotage! So all in all a collection of a few of my favourite things.

SUNSHINE THROUGH SHUTTERS

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A lovely depiction of sunflowers against French shutters sets off brilliant yellows. I tried to really intensify the contrasts in temperature which in turn liven up a very striking painting.

SUNFLOWERS

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I love the play of light on sunflowers, the contrast of blue and yellow, the rhythm of uneven leaves netted together, I love everything about sunflowers! And tried to capture that in this work. Think it worked out well and am going to play with this theme for as long as summer lasts in these flowers.

WATERMELON

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After making a turn at Costco yesterday, I came home with one huge watermelon and therefor a little bit more time to paint it as it takes longer for my family to fly through a watermelon than say...cherries!
The summer is at it's peak at present and I love how the dappled light hits this scene.

PEACHES

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Peaches are in season and that means my husband buys them! So, just before the kids devour them all I had to paint a few for remembrance! The silver vase has just arrived with our furniture which was store in SA for 4 years! I am happy to have a few of my favorite things around again