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Dans sa peinture, Jane Courquin invite a une balade champetre, fleurie et tout en douceur et lumiere. Sa carte de visite artistique est bardee de diplomes et de ctitiques elogieuses outre-manche et en France. Courquin et son conjoint Nichollas Hamper, tout deux peintres professionnels britanniques, se sont installes a Verteuil-sur-Charente en 2005. Ils ont achete trois granges en ruine, au Coeur du village. Ils les ont patiemment transformees en une tres belle maison mais aussi en ateliers spacieux, ou ils vivent et travaillent.

Wednesday 20 January 2016

The Spring Murals~ La Chasse A La Licorne

Work has begun on the sketches for the first mural. I have been  researching the fresques of antiquity, medieval tapestries and early renaissance painting and some of my favourite twentieth century painters who continually inspire my output.


Sketch ~La Chasse A La Licorne dans La Foret de la Tremblay








 The >Chasse A La Licorne< Tapestries, housed until 1922 here in the Verteuil Chateau, will be the inspiration for one of the three Spring Murals. The Tapestries were created between 1485~ 1505. In 1922 the La Rochefoucauld family sold them to the American oil magnate Rockefeller for an alleged 10 million dollars. Their incorporation in to one of my murals will go part way to bringing them back home to Verteuil~sur~Charente. This time La Chasse A La Licorne will be painted for the whole population of the village to enjoy rather than to be hidden away unseen by the many until sold by a few.





I am drawn to the image of the painter as something magical painting the joys and pains of the whole of humanity as in Frida Kahlo's self portrait as a wounded stag. A magical creature hunted for its gifts, the unicorn was believed to heal illness and purify water poisoned by serpents to make it once again drinkable.













Monday 18 January 2016

Les Peintures Murales du Printemps 2016 ~ The Spring 2016 Mural Project

 







Suivant la Rendez-Vous a la Mairie d'aujourd'hui le 18 Janvier 2016, on a choisi ensemble les trois idees differentes pour les trois cotes des transformateurs se trouvant a Verteuil.
Premiere Peinture Murale : Le Jardin des Oiseaux
Deuxieme Peinture Murale: La Fleuriste des Artistes
Troisieme Peinture Murale : La Chasse A La Licorne

Sunday 17 January 2016

Selection of Sold Work in Private Collections in France, the U.K. and Spain.
































 These are just some of the paintings that have flown my studio whilst living here in La Belle France Profonde in the beautiful village of Verteuil~sur~Charente .
There are about the same number again besides the twenty eight shown here in this Spring 2016 collection of sold work, but they will have to be for another post. They are in private collections in France , the U.K. and Spain.
Thank you for being part of the magic.


Friday 15 January 2016

Tuesday 12 January 2016

Spring Studio 2016

A Selection of Available Work

Series One: Paysage 
The  Fritillary Water Meadow, Verteuil~sur Charente

Le Papillon Fritillaire 80x80cms


Les Fritillaires 80x80cms
detail



Fritillaires Abstrait 20x20cms
Fritillaires et Arbres Abstrait 30x30cms


The Charente Sunflowers
Les Tournesols 80x80cms



The Village Farm
Le Ferme Bio, Verteuil~sur~Charente 40x80cms










Series Two: Still Life
Table Tops

Sylvie's Bitter Orange Marmalade 40x80 cms


Cornish Table 50x70cms



La Table Des Cerises 80x80cms


detail



La Table Des Tournesols 80x80cms



La Table Des Anenomes 80x80cms

La Table Simulatane 80x80cms

Le Repassage 40x90cms

La Nappe Rose 80x90cms

Series Three: The High Street
La Fleuriste

La Fleuriste Des Artistes 80x80cms
La Fleuriste Du Village 80x80cms

Miscellaneous Smaller works


The Deckchair 20x20cms

Chairs and screen 20x20cms
La Coupe Des Cerises 20x20cms
The Red Armchair 20x20cms




Selection of paintings on wooden box supports ~various sizes




I am officially registered with La Maison Des Artistes, Paris, as a professional Fine Artist.