Westville in Rognes....

Visitors from Westville for spring break! Wrapped in Van Gogh, wading thru chalk dust, or posing as a band...watching all our girls entwining themselves (literally) was my personal joy and a salve for all...

sharing limbs on the way into Rognes....

The illuminated quarry, The Carrières de Lumières in Les Baux, projects
massive scale reproductions of Van Gogh's paintings inside a vast empty quarry. Truly brilliant.
I think the next should be all Frank Bruckmann paintings....gotta get to work on the sound track and the merch...

and Frankie!!!!!

Day trip! Took a passenger ferry to the Isle de Porquerolles and walked to the Fondation Carmignac

Who wants to wade, masked, thru chalk dust? talc? in the dark? barefoot? not I.  Fondation Carmignac.

Mirror, mirror in the shape of this island, who's that girl that's fiercely vibing?

JoAnne and Margi. Ilya.

Count not the number of empty wine bottles,
to asses our delight and decadence,
but the empty boxes of camembert and strawberries...

Fresh Paint for Frank's Website.....fbruckmann.com

I love early morning drop-offs for Jorgie's school bus when this awaits! Mt. St. Victoire is silhouetted in the center under the morning sky. Another seeker got out of her car to catch the light as I pulled away in mine...we gave each other one of those silent, "I get it" nods.

And how does this photo of a brand new gorgeous day relate to Frank's website? He updated it gloriously to include recent paintings from Provence and his Studio Still Life series from a few orbits around the sun ago....

fbruckmann.com 

Click it! Check it out! Any prices, sizes, inquiries upon request. Don't be shy!

In other Frank Bruckmann News...we are headed to Paris in a few hours for the school holidays...and will be the guests of friends Frank made decades ago in Paris while painting and modeling and dog-walking and starving.

PAINT in Provence! Frank's Workshop is happening! May 17-25, 2019

PAINT with FRANK for 8 DAYS in heavenly PROVENCE!!!

MAY 17-25, 2019 Rognes, FRANCE.

Painting the village of Rognes, where the market day is Wednesday.

  We've been doing recon for several months while living in this small stone village plunked between Aix-en-Provence and the most charming villages of Provence....and have created 8 delightful days of painting, exploring and tasting Provence's bounty.

Painting at one of the many Rognes vineyards. Picnic lunch break included!

  If you can visualize yourself painting under the blue sunny skies of Provence all day with Frank's excellent instruction and dining sumptuously in a Provençal farmhouse with fellow artists by night,  critiquing paintings whilst sipping locally grown and produced wines, contact us today.  

Here is the link for all those details and travel tips 

Bonnieux, one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France...ready to pose for you!!

With fresh insight into this part of France, Frank has designed his workshop to be YOUR painting paradise. You've always wanted to paint in Provence with Frank, so make it happen!  

Walk 5 minutes towards the village and right into this composition....

Sneaking Around.....

Shhhhhhhh! I snuck some photos of Frank and poured through photos that he has taken, to try to figure out what he's up to all night in that studio of his....We are so lucky to have found a home with a detached studio....even though the lighting is a challenge, it still gives him his own space to work. But, just as well, if he had perfect lighting, I'd never be able to pull him away to the neighbors for apero, explore with the kids or to meet up with friends...I will show you what (I think) he is up to below....

Hey Frankie, I see you....

Vineyard Machines

I think there is a vineyard series on the horizon....I saw the beginning sketches of these totally cool vineyard machines that hover over and trim the vines after the vendange (harvest).

I saw so many views of this lovely rambling ruin atop some totally gorgeous hilltop. I think I need to personally visit this place....will have to remember to find out from Frank exactly where it is....

This photo proves that Frank is a painter with good practices, as he has taken a minute to step back to look at his painting from afar. Good job Frank! A gorgeous sunny scene.  We haven't had consistent good weather (damn it) so when the sun shows  up, Frank screeches out of the driveway in his little Fiat Panda to find a lee from the wind and to get to work....

Les Baumes, Sangliers Farm

My photo, I confess. But I WANT it to be a painting subject...Les Baumes, pictured here, is a  Sangliers Farm in Venelles. This farm is owned by a family that inherited property rather unwieldy for growing veg. So, they bought a few wild boar, and voila, now they grow and farm wild boars. Some are penned in and some roam the rock outcroppings above (click photo for close up). The 15 year old stud is massive and has his own muddy digs. They are curious and friendly creatures with lots of spunk....until, bien sur, they end up on your dinner plate. Alas. 

Didn't I tell you they were curious creatures???? (and really muddy)

Here are some of the latest family member pics, to get a feel for what else is going on.....

Jorgie potting the tree so we can return it to its home after it spends Christmas with us indoors...

 

Arlo and Hazel up at sunset in the village of Lauris, Provence.

The chateau in the old part of the village is a series of art studios, all with totally different shapes and sizes and of course, different art and artists....

Someone else should caption this one. Kyela Puech, photo credit.

And finally, I'm up to something too....feeling sneaky myself...packing and sending out these postcard sketches to collectors back in the US of A. Bon voyage!