A short history of Postcard from Provence or how I became a daily painter...
Postcard from Provence was launched on the 16th February
2005 with a funny little painting of an oyster shell
(and a fanfare of cellos). The blog
format was inspired by
Duane Keiser's "A Painting a Day" and enabled by our local département's
plan to make high speed broadband available to all—even a British painter
in his remote tumbledown farmhouse in the wilds of Provence!
Since that cold winter of 2005 I have painted almost every day.
I have travelled to Italy, Spain, and Bali with my pochade box (a studio in a cigar box)
and posted some 1674 paintings. You can view the paintings in the
archives by
subject or date, you can also subscribe to receive new paintings by email. Paintings are now sold by auction
and some of the daily paintings are available as
giclee prints. There is also a book. I do hope you enjoy browsing through the paintings, there is
more information and press cuttings on the about page and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me
