Showing posts with label David Jamin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Jamin. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Colours of May in Uzes...

#DavidJamin#Uzes#artist#Introportrait#CouleursdeMai


Today we are going back to Uzés, France ...we spent the first week of June here in a tastefully renovated and decorated "shabby chic" apartment that allowed us to explore this wonderful town.


On the Sunday there was an Art Festival in the main square ... "Place aux Herbes" which was literally a two minute walk from our apartment.


Here my Monsieur Honey's eye was attracted to the artistic style of a friendly artist.


On this particular day we purchased an acrylic painting ....


The artist David Jamin invited us to visit his studio if we wanted to see some of his other works.

The painting we purchased that day is called  "Trois Petits au ballon rouge"  ... "The three little ones with the red ball".

Once it is framed I plan to hang it in my "Rogues" gallery with the collages of the grandchildren (that is still a work in progress).


Later in the week ... we found ourselves searching for the studio ... and on our way we noted an elderly lady struggling with her groceries.


Monsieur Honey galantly insisted on helping her with her parcels and escorted her home ... which coincidentally was near the studio.


We found the studio and were suitably impressed with this ancient French building that had recently been beautifully renovated and restored ... set up as David's studio ... an awesome space to display his colourful masterpieces that exude so much emotion.
 
In talking with David most of his inspiration comes from people watching.



On our first visit we purchased a couple of prints/ posters  ... Replicates of originals.

One is from a collection called "Séverine" ... dedicated to his lovely wife (whom we also had the pleasure to meet).

                          

The other one has been framed and is now hanging in our bedroom and takes me to the beach every time I look at it.

It is called "Un matin au chalet" ... "A morning at the cottage" ... 

Can't you just feel the freedom of walking on this beach?


His works are permanently displayed in many galleries ... Ten throughout France, one in Worcestershire England, Barcelona Spain and Milan Italy.

Full details / addresses of the Galleries can be found on the website ...

www.davidjamin.fr
 

David is interested in all aspects of human beings which is reflected in his works.






                     


So if you haven't guessed we returned again and we found this year's souvenir of our time in Uzés ... a new painting called "Couleurs de Mai" ... Colours of May. (Acrylic on canvas)

This painting is part of a collection that David calls "Introportrait" ... a word that he created from the French words ... Introspection and Autoportrait. 

"The Introportrait shows the different feelings one can know, feel. ... some with more colour than others depending on the atmosphere of the day! " ... a description provided by the artist.


   "Couleurs de Mai"

Here is our new souvenir now hanging in it's place of honour ...

                

We will let it be in "canvas" only for awhile and then decide about a frame ...

Everytime I catch a glimpse of the painting I will reflect on our time in Uzés.


David JAMIN
5 rue Saint Théodorit
30700 Uzés, France

www.davidjamin.fr
               

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Art in Uzés.

After a wonderful night's sleep, we ventured out to discover the wonders of Uzés ... actually a few of those wonders were discovered last evening when we ventured to the tower to enjoy a glass of wine and the sights!





Our apartment (pied à terre) has access to a small terrace in the tower ... with panoramic views of the town!






We strolled down our street into Place aux Herbes where the Art Expo was underway.

Monsieur Honey discerningly checked out the various displays of art. 

The work of one artist appealed to us both ... that of David Jamin.

www.davidjamin.fr


We acquired our first souvenir of this trip ...  an acrylic painting entitled ...

"Trois petits au ballon rouge". 

The artist said it was inspired by his own young daughter.

In my eyes and heart this could be my three sons or any of our grandchildren playing with a red ball.


                 


The morning passed quickly and it was time for lunch ... We ate at a quiet corner restaurant on the square (Plancha).

I enjoyed Loup (bass) and Msr. had his favourite ... lamb chops!
 
                 

And today we had our first Café Gourmand of this trip ...
I had forgotten how delicious this was! 

We shared it of course ... as Monsieur Honey says " We can't let ourselves go!"





It was a great day in Uzés, we even found a "Brocante" that was open and of course we had to check it out!

After our busy day we returned to the comforts of our temporary "pied à terre"  for a quiet evening.