#43 / ‘Le Pont D’Avignon’ (or) ‘Pont Saint Bénezet’
Rather irritatingly I had
the song ‘Sur le Pont D’Avignon’ running on loop in my head as I painted this…
As far as I can remember it was one of the first songs we learnt in French at
school in England
with our wonderful French teacher, Mme Moir. Avignon is the administrative capital of the
Vaucluse… as far as I know it is the only place you can exchange foreign
currencies within a 40 mile radius!
Again I have John Singer
Sargent’s paintings of Venice
in mind whenever water and buildings come together. Here I’m trying to distance
myself from getting caught up in detail and focus on broader areas of tone and
colour only indicating architectural details with the least amount of detail I
can get away with.
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