Le Grand Cafe Riche Baby Onesie

A little scene at the iconic Le Grand Cafe Riche in the main street in St Remy de Provence. Autumn is well and truly here in Provence now and everywhere you walk there are piles of bronzed leaves swept along by the Mistral. Whispering on the pavements and rustling and crackling under foot.

I am a painter who writes stories and poems in between pictures. Painting began as a hobby, transmogrified into a therapy and finally emerged as an obssession. I am a self taught 'Outsider Artist' and an instinctive painter and colourist. I paint my dreams and whatever comes into my imagination. I also enjoy painting portraits. The whole of one's life is to be found in the face. The eyes and the mouth tell all. I have a passionate interest in art history and have been influenced by the Renaissance, Caravaggio, the much maligned Impressionists, the Fauvists (especially Matisse) and the Pre-Raphaelites ( to name but a few!!!). My paintings are hanging in private collections in America, Australia, France, Spain, Amsterdam, Turkey,...