Flowers in a vase, Paris.

The florist shops in Paris are astounding - people always have fresh flowers in their apartments.

Oil paint on board.

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The cutting, Tawharanui.

At the end of the peninsula is Anchor Bay - a very popular swimming spot. The cutting runs through from this beach to the next where Dotterels nest and the path runs up to the eco trail where there are Kiwi and Takahe.

Oil paint on board.

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Jardin ancien, Vétheuil.

I have been painting this work for three or four years. Mostly I work it for a day or two and then turn its face to the wall. This is how paintings survive.

The photo below shows the Seine as it flows alongside the village where Monet lived before moving to Giverny. His first wife Camille Doncieux Is buried in the cemetery behind the little church near where I sometimes stay with Parisian friends. The village is unspoilt and lovely.

Behind me as I took the photo below is a tall stone wall which encloses an ancient forest. The large house that used to stand there is long gone but vintage roses still climb among the wilderness.

The light has a subdued and ancient quality to it as it filters though the canopy.

Oil paint on board in vintage frame Montparnasse frame.

Size 710 mm x 810 mm x 30 mm

Des roses cramoisi.

This work was inspired by flowers in the florist’s window, Rue Caulaincourt, Montmartre.

It sold in Paris, 2025.

Pink can easily be overly sentimental and so I used Cramoisi d’Alizarine (Alizarine crimso) which made sure it wasn’t.

The name Cramoisi comes from “qirmizi”, referring to the kermes insect used to make ancient red dyes.