by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 3, 2011 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Getting Ready for Atelier Provence After a night in Milan and train trip to Marseille where we picked up our van, we are finally in our lodge in the middle of the Valensole plateau. The beauty of the juxtaposition of the lavender and the blond wheat fields is...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 2, 2011 | Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Arrival to beautiful Provence After bringing all of our Studio Italia happy participants to the Arezzo train station, and a long train ride from Florence and a night stop in Milano, we finally arrived to our lodge in Provence, located on the Plateau de Valensole....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 1, 2011 | General, Painting
The End of Studio Italia Last evening of our painting workshop during the Benfinita in Rigomagno (link). For 10 days we painted hard and we ended up with 150 paintings! Our show in Rigomagno lasted for a week and was attended by hundreds of visitors from the Siena and...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 28, 2011 | En français, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
A Studio Italia post As guest instructor in this wonder-filled, yet intense 10 day painting workshop in Tuscany, I am very impressed with the level of enthusiasm and openness of all present. Everyone had come here to learn and improve. I am not sure if all present...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 27, 2011 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
My painting workshop crit! My “crit” was prefaced by Yves asking me to repeat something I had said earlier in the day – “I struggle to find a “higher” meaning/reason/purpose for my painting.” On the one hand, I enjoy doing fairly traditional landscapes. However, it...
