Artist Profile - Veronique Avon

Cool and brisk is dawn, Setting off..blue horizons, Oh new adventures.. (oil on block canvas 50 x 50cm unframed) £450 plus p&p
Cool and brisk is dawn, Setting off..blue horizons, Oh new adventures.. (oil on block canvas 50 x 50cm unframed) £450 plus p&p

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Artist Statement

Cool and brisk is dawn, Setting off..blue horizons, Oh new adventures.. (oil on block canvas 50 x 50cm unframed) £450 plus p&p Relentless Mistral, Millers, fathers, grand-fathers, Forgotten… not quite…, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 50cm),£250 plus delivery Whispering blossoms, The rythem of the seasons, The return of spring. (oil on block canvas 50 x 50cm unframed) £450 plus p&p Humming summer bees… Generations of mothers… Nurturing gardens, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 50cm),£250 plus delivery
English traditions, Echoes of summer music, Shadows of winter…, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 50cm),£250 plus delivery Flock on the long way, To the green pastures, Jorneys of the past... (oil on canvas unframed 100 x 100cm) £1200 plus delivery The cypress keep gard, Generations of pilgrims, Ancient sanctuary, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 20cm), £100 plus delivery Sailing safely, Ho! Liquid horizon away, Salty adventures,(oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 20cm), £100 plus delivery
Town, dewy morning, Soon children will run to school, September begins (oil on canvas unframed 50 x 50cm) £450 plus delivery Under vibrant sky, Walking up, or stepping down, Come! See my garden!, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 50cm),£250 plus delivery Whispering blossoms,The rhythm of the seasons, The return of spring...(oil on canvas unframed 50 x 50cm) Sold Traditions, seasons, Another crop, fragrant jewels, Days are shortening…, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 50cm),£250 plus delivery
Stillness in the park, Summer tunes and melodies, Glimmers of brass bands…, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 20cm), £150 plus delivery Pastel summer sky, Gravel crunching under foot, Some time to linger…, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 20cm), £150 plus delivery Seasons… another… Stillness in the morning mist… Cosy, loving hearth…, (oil on canvas, unframed 20 x 50cm),£250 plus delivery

Biography

Veronique is a French artist originally from Provence, who now lives in Herefordshire. She has drawn and painted for many years as an art designer in advertising and printing, and is now a full time artist doing a little illustration work but mainly painting in oils.   Her work explores the landscape, playing with deep colours and textures that echo the sounds and fragrances of the South of France.


Artist Statement

Having left Provence over twenty years ago, I am expressing on canvas my deep family roots in this land of sun, lavender and cicadas.

I have explored the River Wye’s landscapes and looked at Herefordshire’s lovely little village churches, nestling in the countryside’s woods and meadows. This county’s colours offer a wonderful palette of tones and shades!

 

While painting “traditional” landscapes for several years, I am now exploring Herefordshire and Provence (as well as some sea-scapes) in a different and more imaginative way.

My “paysages de guingois” are a new kind of landscape over a rounded horizon…. With some inspiration from Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s story of The Little Prince…

 

I give each painting a Haiku title, three short lines to suggest its story…

 

I use chunky canvases, and paint my landscapes all the way around the sides. The result is a three-dimensional ‘vision’ of my chosen subjects (No framing needed!).

The largest pieces are 1metre square, as well as very small one such as 12x12cm!

 Masters whom I particularly admire are the Impressionists who played so brilliantly with light, such as Monet and Turner, and I like also the daring artworks of the Surrealists, especially Magritte, Frida Kalo and Remedios Varo.