India Collection of paintings as Prints for Sale. A great collection of colourful and vibrant paintings from India mostly from Poona and the estate of Meher Baba at Meherabad and Meherazad. I posted these images today from Meherabad in India to Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Who’s Tommy. Pete Townsend from the who was a frequent visitor to Meherabad and Meherazad between 1967 and 1980 where Meher Baba resided and he was a powerful influence on his work culminating in a 3 album set which Pete devoted to Meher Baba. For those of you who are a fan of Pete Townsend see the link http://petetownshend.net/meher-baba has more info.
Pete spent many years travelling, painting and exhibiting in India where the strong colours and sharp contrasts helped form his bold colour palette. Most of these paintings are quite small sketches which were exhibited and sold around India many years ago. Most of the images are from Meherabad and Meherazad in central India, the home of Meher Baba.
As it is the New Year I made a video about visiting the art studio and taking a look around at all the paintings for sale. It starts at the gate then you walk up the drive to the studio, through the door and take a look around. Its about 14mins long and gives you a real good look at a couple of rooms in the studio and some of the paintings.
Large Gold Oil Paintings, I think I have found the love of my life!
London Thames gold leaf large oil painting for sale. You can see in this painting how the white gold captures the glint of the sun shining through the clouds. On the water the variety of golds really capture the feeling of the sun glistening off the Thames.
These really are such beautiful oil paintings embellished by real Gold leaf. I have used a mixture of Golds from 12ct up to 24ct to add tone and colour to the light in the large paintings. In places copper and silver have been used to add to the colour spread.
I always love to add light to the paintings and that is why I paint for the light and the love of light and colour. For years I added white and used a dark background to increase the effect of light on the canvas, to convey a sense of brightness.
Gold Leaf Ocean Sunset Oil Painting For Sale. This painting is still in progress, adding a glint across the top of the waves and shaping up the sun with some rich 24ct gold leaf.
Then two years ago I was in Courchevel 1850 and Megeve and I visited some of the very expensive art galleries in the french alps frequented by the flamboyant Russian clients. I fell in love in those galleries. They had a hue of gold and monied opulence which just seemed to hang in the air, so thick you could breathe it. It was tacky and it wasn’t over the top, it just glowed in a beautiful and reassuring way. It made you know it was there but it didn’t over power. Subtle beauty, but powerful.
I returned to my studio and invested in some gold leaf which I have looked at for over a year, and it was recently that I began to see how it would work in my paintings and i was inspired to use it to embellish my works.
Large Sailing Oil Painting with Gold Leaf For Sale. Perfectly beautiful, beautiful colourful boats and rich warm colours all sparkling as the sun glances across the ocean on leaves of gold.
The Gold leaf adds many new dimensions to the work. Its a metal instead of soft oil and canvas. It shines and reflects light and it forms different shapes to the brushes and knives I use. It can have soft edges, hard edges or just glistening speckles. There are different colours from white gold to pure 24ct gold.
What I love about it above the light is how it draws you in and reflects the light back. When you look at the painting from different angles and at different times of day it changes depending on how the light catches the gold. When the gold is bright the colours sit back a little and when the gold is reflecting less from another angle the colours come to the front more.
Large Gold Leaf Sailing Boat Sunset Painting For Sale. Rich deep and a little moody. Subtle colours and low light. Complex forms of light in the gold and deep blues and reds.
These are really special paintings and they do take a lot of time and thought to get them to work right so they are going to be a little more expensive. But compared to my trips around some of the more exclusive galleries of London Paris, South France and the Alps they are tremendously good value.
These new large oil paintings with gold leaf will officially go on sale on the web site towards December this year.
Naked Lady painting for sale in lingerie stockings and suspenders and basque
Naked ladies paintings are a one apart from the rest of my painting series. There are so many reasons for this and it works on so many levels. But for all my reasons you can’t get away from the fact that the paintings are just straightforward sexy. Shapes and curves of naked ladies are unforgettable, unmistakable and deeply embedded in the mind from as far back as history goes. These shapes and forms are fundamental to human survival just like the air we breathe.
I love painting the naked ladies paintings because the form is so simple and flowing that it really frees up the canvas to explore some deep and luscious colours and textures. Within the canvas I take the naked ladies as the form within which I can fit a beautiful and elegant abstract colour combination. In some of the paintings the naked form can be hidden within this elegant display and in others the form is most obvious and shapely.
Many interior designers commission some of the more abstract naked ladies paintings to
Naked Lady painting in lingerie stockings and suspenders and basque
grace the walls of many elegant historic houses. It is the deep reads in the paintings that many designers seek, to match the colour scheme in traditionally decorated house of such deeply coloured walls. These paintings add a real richness and depth of colour to the wall and their semi abstract nature adds a tasteful and interesting focus point to the wall which will always be a talking point when your guests really work out what they are looking at. These luscious deep red paintings also make a great painting to brighten any boudoir.
This series of naked lady paintings is all about Basques, stockings and suspenders. The paintings are all about shape, suspense and intrigue. Suspenders and stockings accentuate the natural curves of the female body, the straight lines work well against the natural flowing curves of the body. The lingerie and Basques provide an exciting element of suspense concealing the body from full view. In its natural form the body can be quite
Red hot nude painting for sale with basque and stockings. Sexy
gentle and delicate but the partial concealment of the form changes all of this into another arena. These simple shape forms provoke such intense feelings and this is replicated in the paint and texture of the paintings. Deep colours of crimson red, magenta, purple and hot blues all make for a powerful painting full of life and depth. I have to admit these are my favourite paintings to paint as they are such a challenge. Simple flowing shapes unlike a complicated landscape which leaves the brush free to concentrate on the colours and textures of the paintings to create the evocative form emerging from a sea of colour.
When I moved to Croyde I started to get a taste for Woolacombe and Puttsborough beaches. I just loved cycling over the hill from Croyde to Puttsborough and taking a coffee at the café above the beach at Putsborough. Perfectly placed to watch the surfers and beach happenings, to photograph and compose paintings. Such a spot and with the headland stretching into the distance makes the perfect back drop. Beautiful waves and turquoise seas with welcome shelter from the South West sea breeze to clean up those rolling waves of surf magic.
Woolacombe Beach Huts Painting For Sale
When this beach really comes alive for a painting is as you walk or cycle along the coastal path behind the dunes, looking over the grasses and you see the amazing curve this beach has as it stretches so far up towards Woolacombe. Through the dunes here and across the beach I have painted some of my favourite sunset paintings. The colours can be quite amazing especially in the shoulder seasons of Spring and Autumn when the sun is
Puttsborough to Woolacombe beach painting for sale
lower in the sky, the colours seem to be sharper and more intense at this time of year. I paint sunsets all around the world, but it is the sunsets from the North Devon beaches that I paint again and again because no other sunsets have such a range of colours as here. On the beach at Woolacombe as the tide goes out or dare I say it even better after the rain, the beach turns into an enormous crystal clear mirror, reflecting the sky and the beach men and women, giving double the colour. This makes my sunset paintings so full of life and colour because you aren’t just restricted to painting the sunset in the sky, you get to paint it twice, in the beach as well. And not just the beach, the waves twinkle in the low sunlight and the flat sea beyond the breaking surf reflects the warm setting sun, mixing the yellows and pinks from the sun and the blue from the sky beyond to give the most amazing combinations of turquoise effects reflecting on the surface of the ocean.
Surfing at Putsborough large painting for sale
Within these amazing sunsets I use a special technique from my Indian energy paintings which I developed during my years as an artist in India. I won’t go into great depth here but you can find it in other areas of the site, and if you look really hard on google you will
Woolacombe and the sand dunes oil painting
find little hidden corners of the site all about these special energy paintings. When I was in India over many years, at the start of my art and photography careers, I painted a series of energy paintings which were very spiritual and abstract. They were very popular and uplifting creating a feeling of light and love. They sold very well in India. When I returned to England after a few years it was in these sunset paintings of Woolacombe, Croyde and
Sunset Oil Painting for Sale from Woolacombe Beach
Saunton beaches that I began to use the same techniques to great effect. They work using colours and brush strokes, light and ever lighter tones and work to pull you into the painting to lift your spirits. This is the added dimension which is the main technical basis behind the sunsets series of paintings. It gives them light and joy and it is the way a sunset works that makes them so perfect for using my energy paintings techniques to create layers of feelings within the paintings .
Colourful Oil Painting for Sale of Beach huts at Wolacombe, North Devon
As I move up the beach towards Woolacombe this year along with Croyde beach I will be focussing on the little gems of Down End, Combesgate Beach and Barricane beach for some new paintings of hidden spots.
Ilfracombe harbour painting for sale at Dusk
Take a look at the large and very large paintings for sale on the website and the sunset paintings for sale. For the llast two year I have had fabulous exhibitions at Ilfracombe where I have had paintings for sale at the Landmark Theatre. See more paintings for sale from Woolacombe and Putsborough Beaches.
Saunton Sands beach begins just below the prominent Saunton Sands art deco hotel and stretches as far as you can see right out to the estuary. The dunes on one side, an international Biosphere, and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. Swim from here and the next stop is the USA. This is a stunning spot and a great subject for any artist. I love it all the more when viewed from the road or the Hotel coffee lounge. It has an epic quality from
Sunset in the waves at Saunton Sands beach painting for sale
above and endless possibilities. If this beach says anything to me, it is a reincarnation of Lowry, but he’s on holiday as the beachscape. Black match stick men and match stick women walking in an almost constant procession of thin legs, lumpy stomachs flowing hair
Small oil painting for sale of Saunton Sands beach huts
and protrusions of long boards, all set in stark contrast to the mirror like reflections of the beach. From up here on the road you can see the sky reflect into the wet sand. As the tide goes out or better still, dare I say when it rains, the water sits on the sand and creates a perfect mirror. The figures with long boards and dogs seem to float above their own reflections as they gravitate towards the sea. The line up of surf waves stretch out in long sweeping lines into the distance, melting into the far off estuary. Along the rocks you can see the waves peel off down the line and surfers dance along the waves as they go up and down and side to side swinging like a pendulum.
Saunton sands Beach Huts painting for sale
I have done so many different series of paintings based on this beach I have lost count. I really enjoyed the set of large oil paintings I did in Prussian blue and yellow ochre of the reflections in the sand and the surfers lightly set above the mirror of the beach. Take a look into the sand and see the many reflections and patterns from the interactions of sky, sand and sea.
Colours reflecting in the sand at Saunton Sands beach oil painting for sale
Then there have been sets of paintings looking down the line up from on the rocks near to the rip with the waves disappearing into the distance. You can sit on the rocks and stare right close up to the surfers paddling to catch the wave and watch them ride into the distance.
If you are after real colours to warm you up in winter and lift your spirits, then take a look at the sunset oil paintings I have based on this beach along with Croyde and Woolacombe. Seeing the beach at least twice a day means I see so many astounding colour combinations that you wouldn’t believe, from brilliant yellow to hot red and gentle pink to cobalt blue. These sunsets colour and twinkle the waves, warm the skies and reflect so deeply into the wet sand at the seas edge. This gives double the colour as all the colours in the sky reflect so perfectly across the beach. Painting a sunset at the beach gives me the excuse for a really extravagant show of colour. On the beaches of Saunton, Woolacombe and Croyde you get these fantastic reflections which light up the canvas. From semi real to totally abstract these are a real treat and I have really enjoyed painting them up to really huge sizes. 2.4m wide is the largest yet and took some frame. Take a look at the large paintings for sale on the web site from Saunton Beach. or just medium size paintings from Saunton Sands beach and Saunton Sands Hotel
Large oil painting for sale of Saunton Sands sunset over rippling waves.
What’s in a name? These four beaches and their names conjure up so much magic. West facing flat beaches which lap up the waves into turquoise walls of pure heaven to ride and ride again. Soft Dunes and endless skies with their expansive views make these beaches a treasure.
These four beaches have been a source of inspiration for me ever since I moved to North Devon. My art studio is close to Saunton Sands beach and I live at Croyde so every day I get a taste of two of these stunning beaches.
I cycle around Down End, a unique headland every day, seeing the sun rise and set every day, as I round the headland from Croyde to Saunton and back again. In the evening, riding from Saunton Sands Hotel out to Down End point is a unique experience, with the coastline running all along the route, the waves and epic views running down the beach and the road appearing to melt into the setting sun in the distance.
Reflections at Saunton Sands Beach Large Oil Painting For Sale
On my way back to the studio in the morning, the view across Croyde beach is enlightening in the morning, getting the first glimpse of how the waves are shaping up. Then I climb up Down End above Saunton beach to see the tiny dots walking back and forth to the waves across the beach, and if I am early enough the sun and mist rising above the Braunton Burrows Dunes.
Even though I see this view every day I have to pull over in one of the lay bys just to admire the view once again. Even though you can see this stunning view as you drive ¼ mile along this stunning vista the lay-bys just invite a second look, even in the rain. Pick just the right spot and look out down the line along the curling waves and watch a few rollers with a few lucky surfers dancing. Then I cycle on past Saunton Sands Hotel and its all downhill to the studio just on the edge of Braunton.
Even after all those amazing views there is something about the studio that lifts my spirits. The studio is set in 7 acres of hay meadows just back from the sand dunes running down to Saunton beach. I bring back trees from around the world to plant out in the fields and there are a couple of new orchards I have planted. In my mind it is a modern version of a mini Victorian estate. It’s a kind of art project in its own right. When I bought the land it was 7 acres of flat fields to which I added the studio and began an extensive planting project which I add to very year. Open the window and if the surfs up you can hear the sound of the waves crashing and the sound bouncing off the dunes. So as I enter the gates to the studio I feel like I have walked into my own 3d canvas, a long term huge painting and sculpture which I have been working on over the last 6 years.
Woolacombe Beach huts Large Painting For Sale
Each of the beaches I treasure in this area have become projects in their own right and each year brings a focus onto a different beach. This year with the intense heat and still crystal clear turquoise waters I have found a real fondness for Down end and Barricane beaches which I have begun to photograph and no doubt will be painting later in the year.
Croyde Bay Oil Painting For Sale
Saunton Sands was the first beach I started to work on with its sharp reflections and expansive views. It is huge. When the tide goes out it leaves this thin film of water on the beach which gives a perfect mirror reflecting all those who stand above it. It is so sharp and clear that you appear to be floating on your own reflection. Take a photo on a good day and you can flip it upside down, so sharp you cannot tell which is you and which is your reflection. Interesting stuff to paint, not just visually, but from a philosophical and spiritual point of view. Working with reflections has its own deep and meaningful ways. This beach is vast and the waves can peel off beautifully down the line, a long borders heaven. Look straight down the waves as the waves and surfers line up right across to Appledore and Westward Ho! Then there are the beach huts, the headland, the Dunes and the sky, the list goes on.
Surf Painting at Saunton Beach for sale
Two years ago I was mad into Croyde beach. Totally different to Saunton. Slightly lighter sand a curvy bay and fast powerful waves. On a big break I still head to Saunton or Woolacombe, but if its smaller then Croyde can just pop some little miracles out. Waves and the shape of the bay are my big focus here. The waves here are a really neat shape, real curvy and punchy and were a basis for my big blue and turquoise wave paintings. I love Croyde because it is a perfect little bay and small village with some great view points and swimming holes. All this fun and atmosphere really helps me to paint all that fun and excitement into the paintings.
Last year and even more this year I have been painting Woolacombe. It’s got a lot of similar characteristics to Saunton with its vast length and sharp reflections. There are some fun beach huts at the top end which I have really loved painting. I did a really lovely large oil painting for sale of the huts 1.5m long which looks really amazing, sweeping views and it really sucks you into the painting.
Puttsborough to Woolacombe beach painting for sale
Woolacome beach is really growing on me at the moment. I love walking over to Putsborugh beach to have breakfast in the café, and cycling on up to Woolacombe from behind the dunes. If you surf then you get great waves here shaped somewhere inbetween Saunton and Croyde, with a bit more power but not enough to bury your head in the sand bar like at Croyde. Up and down the beach you can pick up a nice variety of waves to suite the conditions so for surfing this really gets the five star rating, especially when you add in Barricane beach and Combesgate beach .
Sunset Oil Painting for Sale from Woolacombe Beach or was it Saunton?
Sunset Painting For Sale of Down End inbetween Saunton and Croyde Beaches
These four beaches are a real source of inspiration for my paintings. I have painted scenes from all of them from various angles and view points. What’s really important about this whole scene for me is the culmination of all of this influence, the surf cultures, the holiday feel, the freedom of the ocean and those expansive beaches, skies and views. Each beach is etched in my mind, the views, the colours, the sounds and smells, the atmosphere, reflections, waves. Then there are the sunsets, the soft dunes, the swaying grasses, the pounding noise of the surf and the salt spray. All of this is what I hold uppermost in my mind and this is what I hope is conveyed onto the canvas. There is really too much to put into words, the beach huts, and the stunning sunsets of yellow, pink and red. This corner of the world really is a painter’s paradise with so much colour and vibrant atmosphere to choose from.
When you see a new painting released for sale you will often see the paintings are in pairs or triplicates, two or three similar paintings. If you order a painting commission I will often paint two paintings for you to choose your favourite one. This has a lot to do with the way I paint and keeping the paintings free and spontaneous.
Large Colourful Oil Paintings For Sale
Many of the paintings are composed of bold and striking colours in combination to form the overall image. Visitors to the studio are often surprised when they view a painting close up to see just how many different colours are in there. It’s like a composition, a musical, where all the colours form notes which when in viewed in a sympathy perform a concert to the eye of the mind.
Paint it outdoors as large as you can
The first part of the painting process is very fluid, with an instantaneous, spontaneous and inspiration blast of colour. I will often start two or three paintings at the same time. Each painting similar to the other at the start of the process. This first part of the painting can happen very quickly and covers the whole canvas in a beautiful wash of colour. The first impression of the image creates pulls and pushes of colour as the different colour combinations work together. This first stage is part worked out and part random. I work the colours out to represent areas of the painting and feel how they will work to draw you into the painting. As this undercoat of colour is applied it can have its accidental miracles and strokes of genius as the composition starts to emerge very quickly. It’s a little uncontrolled and righty so. The painting is allowed to flow and develop spontaneously, and this creates a dynamic composition which is free and liberal, expansive and expressive. This part of the painting means that no two paintings can ever be the same even if I try.
The next part of the process is where I start to add detail and make the paintings work, glow and sparkle by the addition of more colour combinations. Colours are laid onto the paintings with various techniques to pull you into the painting and create a depth of feeling.
Large very colourful oi painting framed and packed in this card box ready to ship for free
Throughout this process the colours start to work together and I can suddenly see a way to take the colour scheme which I had not anticipated. This creates a dilemma. Do I paint the painting in the way I thought would work, or do I follow this new way which the colours in the painting are indicating? Which way do I go and which will work the best?
This is where I use two or three paintings to solve the dilemma and create a freer painting which can go with the flow. I put one painting aside and go with the new colour scheme with the other painting. Then seeing how this new colour combination has worked, I then use this to progress on the second painting. Then this second painting helps me to progress with the first and so on. This way it keeps my mind out of the painting process and it allows the colours to work naturally and harmoniously together in an intuitive way. This is what makes these paintings so special. They have a real depth of feeling and longevity of interest so you can view the time after time and see them differently every time.
Large Colourful painting for sale in outdoor painting studio
It is this technique which works so well in the paintings and in life. A bit of mind and a lot of intuition makes real pleasure work, real experiences and so much fun. It just works, and it works real deep down. But keeping that troublesome mind out the way is a real job in itself.
See the paintings for sale on the web site and on facebook
Large Oil Paintings for sale of London Westmeinster Bridge and Thames
My paintings are all about the ultimate joy in life which we can feel. They work to try to capture the joy and feelings of upliftment which we al seek to find through whatever we are doing.
oil painting on canvas for sale, inspired by the starting line up for Caribbean RORC 600 race from last year in Antigua
We all love to have fun, enjoy life, smile and be happy. Behind these emotions is a beauty which we can access at these special and rare times of pure pleasure, in whatever place or activity it may be.
I have spent much of my life chasing this illusive and special beauty which we feel in our times of joy and happiness; from the Himalayas, to the Pacific islands, from hedonistic skiing in the alps to sailing and surfing in the Caribbean, from spiritual gurus to beautiful women, from sunning in the Indian Ocean to blissful meditating in the depths of Asia’s spiritual heritage.
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I have chased this nugget of gold all round the world and it has been a lot of fun, it’s a really great job to have to do, but someone has to!
I always have my camera or paint brush to hand to capture these moments of pure happiness. When I hit on a particularly rich seam of pleasure, happiness, joy and fun I rush in to capture its essence. In these images and especially the paintings I have strived to distil this illusive path to joy and pleasure into a concentrated form. In my paintings I have used special techniques of light and dark, sparkling colours, inspirational brush strokes, gold and silver leaf and everything else which can stimulate these feelings of upliftment and pleasure. I try to produce a link from beyond the physical to make images which replicate these feelings in the paintings, once I have returned home. Fun, joy, happiness and pleasure rule the waves and oceans, so take a look at the painting to see if it works for you. It does for me. I love my paintings, do you?
Large Skiing Paintings For sale
Check out the paintings for sale on the web site from colourful tropical sunset oil paintings to skiing in the frozen mountain tops. This year I am moving towards painting larger paintings for sale as they give me so much fun. You really feel like you are sucked into the paintings when you stand in front of them, especially the sunsets. This winter will see my first large skiing and snowboarding paintings released for sale. Most of the ski paintings for sale over the last few years have been small and make great collections for the wall. This year I will take on the challenge to make a very big ski painting for the wall. Check out the facebook page or the blog this winter for more paintings for sale as they are released.
Pete Caswell’s Paintings For Sale, Style and Brush Strokes.
Colourful Oil Painting For Sale Sailing in Antigua
Pete Caswell’s paintings for sale are big and bold and full of colourful brush strokes. Most of the oil paintings are of a vibrant and bold impressionist style, emerging out of a sea of colourful strokes, dabs and lines. Sometimes only a colourful thin line, others thick and broad, laid as buttery paint onto the canvas or partly obscuring another stroke. This vibrant colourful layering creates a dance of colours on the canvas as they mix together in your eye to form the final image. They add an atmosphere of vibrant colourful light and joy to any room.
Large Paintings For Sale
“I hope the sense of joy is imbued in the paintings I have created for you to enjoy. They are for sale but you don’t have to buy one. Just enjoy.”
Some paintings are lavishly layered with thick butter like brush stroke of pure colour giving a superb texture. Some paintings have sub layers of texture over which a picture is painted. Other paintings are painted onto a smooth canvas/board allowing one colour to be laid thinly over another and the image etched back out of the painting. This technique works wonderfully with images of water laid over the sand, reflections and complex images of flowers.
Colourful Sunset Oil painting For Sale
Look at the bold placing of pure vibrant colour and the interlayering of brush strokes. One colour over another. Quite beautiful, vibrant and colourful. This layering of colour and compilation of colours and brush strokes leads to a more complex image which is more interesting to the eye. It makes for a brighter and more appealing painting which will hold the viewers interest for much longer. In some images it can take a while to see all that is hidden amongst the colours and quite often you can see things that I have yet to see.
The paintings are all about joy, pleasure, pure happiness, an expression of joy. There are no miserable bits, no exploring a hidden dark side or repressed childhood.
“This is all about pure unadulterated joy in as much depth, concentration and exuberation as I can get to flow off the end of the brush. However I can achieve this, and through whatever medium and technique, this is the absolute and only target of the work. If my work doesn’t make you feel good, I’ll give you your money back.”
Thick Brush Strokes on this Painting For Sale
All the works are intuitively created into a mesmerizing blend of colour combinations which fall off the brush and create onto the canvas an uplifting and captivating scene. This combination gives a moving and exciting feast for the eyes which will give you many years of interest and joy. The bigger the painting you can afford the better.
This combination of colours lifts the painting from a flat image to something which is more experiential by creating the image inside of the head instead of on the flat canvas. This gives a deeper and more interesting and stimulating image to look at.
Ski Paintings oil on canvas for sale
John Henderson an art expert who lives nearby comments,
“Pete’s work is a wonderful collage of light flicks of paint placed in a beautiful style of complete freedom combined with series of broken lines, all combining to form the full image which can often take several seconds or minutes in some of the deeper paintings. The paintings are centred around a main primary colour backed by a series of balancing secondary complimenting colours. Pete is a colourist pure and simple and in a class of his own in freedom and style. . While he sometimes describes himself as an impressionist his work is beyond the realms of impressionism. I see qualities in his work which evoke feelings an atmospheres of many great artists, especially Kokoschka, but to pin any one name on his work would be missing the point. This work is of a quality an freedom that is rarely seen. My only advice is to buy these paintings while they remain affordable. They can only appreciate in value. Good Luck in your work”.
Large Sailing Oil Painting from Cannes South France
