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A Perfect Composition in Cotignac

Posted on by Principal McSherry
Happy Cotignac couple two-up on a Vespa in a flower-filled sunny Provençal street
Perfection: A happy Cotignac couple two-up on a Vespa in a flower-filled sunny Provençal street
While Cathy and I were out for a lunch en famille in Cotignac village, I turned the corner of a sunny street and encountered this delightful Provençal scene. This couple were just about to take off and I managed to get a couple of words in with the lady. These two are obviously Vespa enthusiasts, so I told them about my own machine back home in Dublin. As they pulled away, she even gave me a cheery wave. They know they look cool…and I love the matching helmets. This is the life we want, eh? This composition includes most of the elements I wish for: Colour, sunny aspects, a harmonious relationship and Italian scooter design! I wish I’d had the presence of mind to ask them their names.
 
When I first saw this little street, while out searching for likely spots to take my painting students, I thought there must be a flower seller there but it turns out that the owner just likes a lot of flowers -and also doesn’t want cars parking in front of his house; hence, the large pots at the roadside.
 
We had an exquisite meal at the Restaurant du Cours (highly recommended) and then back to base for more painting.
 
Cotignac in sunny Provence is gorgeous and it’s the perfect spot for a painting en plein air holiday -if you’d like to join us in September, or next May, take a look here for my 7 day workshops, based in the lovely nearby villa of Le Clé.
 
 
And the restaurant…
Outside Le Restaurant du Cours, Cotignac. France
Le Restaurant du Cours, Cotignac. France
 
Principal McSherry

Kevin McSherry is one of the leading and most imaginative contemporary artists in Ireland. His exciting, intriguing and often challenging paintings play with the viewers’ expectations of what art can and should be. Born in London in 1962, he left school at 16 to be apprenticed to the printing trade to help provide for his family, subsequently leaving London to live in Ireland in the eighties. His imagination, wit and ability to describe complex and thought-provoking concepts have been widely sought after by The Wall Street Journal, The Irish Times, Sunday Business Post and many other important patrons globally. His visionary work also hangs in many private collections around the world from the US and Canada to the UK, France and Japan. He has been invited to show in cultural venues in France and Ireland, including as part of a juried show in Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs in le Palais du Louvre, Paris, The Alliance française, Dublin AND Paris and at the 2002 exhibition in the Chester Beatty Library; The Art of Centemporary Illumination. His work hangs in the British National Collection, notably in the British Embassy in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris and in private collections around the world. He is represented in North America, the UK and all other Anglophone territories by Three in a Box Artist’s Representatives in Toronto. In France he is represented by Marie Bastille Artists Agent.