A little village in The Lot region of france. There was a chateau here once. Most of the stones were looted and now the woods are beginning to engulf everything. Pastel. 40x30cm.
Here's a small oil, painted on a little road behind Cazals in the early morning. #pleinair #oilpainting #landscapepainting
Hi heather. That's exactly my favourite thing to do too. At the end of the day I sit on the step, (substitute stack for beer) and watch the chickens in the garden.
Fabulous
'Danaé and the shower of gold',
is a pastel painting I made a few years ago. It's a subject which gave me the excuse to play around with light and shadow on the body. #figurativepainting #artonbluesky #painting #fineart
Excellent. I love it.
Beautiful
Thank you.
Our little local lake. Someone asked if they could look at what I was doing, which I thought was ironic in the circumstances. #pleinair #oilpainting #notAI #artonbluesky #bathers #oiloncanvas #paintingfromlife
Nice work. Why did you abandon it?
Yes, I did put a scarf on her to give a bit more movement. But if it looks like something else, that's fine too!
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Detail of my painting: Trump conjuring up the eclipse of democracy.
Mother and Child
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
Beautiful colour
I always approved of finding individuality in art by working from life. My niece posed for this in her wedding dress. I had fun with a broad brush and impasto on the dress.
#oilpainting #impasto #fineart #bluesky #portrait #oiloncanvas #girlinwhite
Love the subtlety of your colour
Splendid stuff.
Excellent work. I'm delighted to follow you.
Nice work!
Such a difficult thing to paint, looking as if it should always have been there
Lovely painting.
Thank you Francesca. I'm new to Bluesky and looking for a fine art community.
Loving following your work Francesca. Thanks for the opportunity to share these men of mine...
I don't want to go back to Zuckerberg's Instagram and Facebook. But where the hell are the contemporary, figurative painters on Bluesky?
Not AI. Living how colour and light can translate into emotion.
Portrait of a man. A friend posed for this pastel. I wanted to capture his depth. Faces fascinate me. #portrait #humanity #kindness #artist #art #livingpainter #life #pastel #pastelartist
Smiling man. #art,#artist #painter #jester #pastelart #portrait #portraitpainter #contemporaryart #figurative
Great work. I'm new to bsky and am looking for other artists of quality to follow.
