BERNARD JANSON ; PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING; FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPES.

painting knife showing an ancient corsican bridge over a river

AN ANCIENT CORSICAN BRIDGE.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA U 02

oil on canvas

modern artwork showing an ancient windmill in a French countryside landscape

AN ANCIENT WINDMILL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NORTH OF FRANCE.

size 50 cm X 50 cm

reference; CA S 22

oil on canvas

modern artwork showing an ancient windmill in a French countryside landscape

BALES IN A FRENCH VILLAGE

size 61 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA S 20

oil on canvas

oil on canvas showing a watermill in the French countryside

A WATERMILL IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE

size 92 cm X 73 cm

reference; CA S 04

oil on canvas

oil on canvas showing a detail of the watermill in the French countryside

A DETAIL OF THE WATERMILL IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE

modern oil on canvas showing a french countryside in summer with a bale

A COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPE WITH A BALE.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA R 33

oil on canvas

modern oil on canvas showing a harvested french countryside during summer

A DETAIL OF THE COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPE WITH A BALE.

modern oil on canvas showing a harvested french countryside during summer

A COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPE AFTER HARVEST.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA R 17

oil on canvas

When I wander in the countryside after the harvest, I cannot resist the desire of painting this kind of rural landscape with its pretty bales and its charming ancient houses.

oil on canvas; painting knife showing a myterious trail in the French countryside

A MYSTERIOUS TRAIL.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA P 12

oil on canvas

oil on canvas; countryside landscape with an ancient windmill in the north of France

AN ANCIENT WINDMILL IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA P 05

oil on canvas

While I was painting this ancient French windmill, I strived to give to this scene a dramatic mood but with colored hues.

oil painting knife; french countryside landscape with a peaceful river and greenish foliage

PEACEFUL WATERS.

size 81 cm X 65 cm

reference; CA N 16

oil on canvas

painting knife; a quiet morning on the banks of a laek

QUIET MORNING ON THE LAKE.

size 61 cm X 50 cm

reference; CA N 14

oil on canvas

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painting knife; autumn landscape with a path

AUTUMN LANDSCAPE.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA M 28

oil on canvas

a view of autumn foliage with its warm colours

A detail of autumn landscape canvas.

a detailed view of autumn foliage with its warm colours

Another detail of autumn landscape canvas.

acryl painting; ancient house verdant countryside

THE RUINS OF AN OLD HOUSE.

size 65 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA K 20

Acryl on canvas

I liked the graphical aspect of the ruins of this old house in the middle of the countryside, with its strangely formed timber frame, with its cob walls and the holes in the roof that suggest an abstract artwork.

canvas countryside painting knife; landscape river waterfall foliage

SMALL RIVER

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA K 06

oil on canvas

This landscape understood as an harmonious play of diversified shapes, of warm colors, with the stream of the river, awake in us quiet feelings linked to a pastoral poetry.

canvas countryside painting knife; landscape winter with snow and a small house

WINTRY AND SNOWY LANDSCAPE

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA J 35

oil on canvas

With snow absorbing noises, a deep silence is emerging from this frosty landscape. The chiaroscuro and pastel tones of the wintry light give interesting contrasts with the shining colors of the snowpack.

wintry landscape with snow on the rooftop of a small house

a detailed view of the wintry and snowy landscape.

a closed view of the snowy and wintry landscape

A close-up view of the wintry snowy landscape.

painting knife; traditional rural scenery in the north of France landscape

RURAL SCENERY LIFE

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA G 08

oil on canvas

Nostalgic and pastoral scene of the good old days.

painting knife landscape countryside French village

A FRENCH VILLAGE

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA F 26

oil on canvas

A SHORT STORY OF THE LADNSCAPE ARTWORK.

Since the painting exists, contemporary landscapes artwork, as we see it to day, is the result of a long evolution. In the middle age, landscapes appear only as an additional decoration to the main subject of the artwork.
During the fifteenth century a landscaping tradition began to emerge with the flamish and dutch painters. Landscapes began to gain in importance but they were not still the main subject of the artwork.
In some of the canvas of VAN EYCK, by example, landscapes can be seen behind a door or a window opened. they give to the painting a spatial dimension, a desire to go and see what happens further on.
Later , VERMEER, began to empower landscape particularly with the famous “view of delft”.
Next, other painters like CONSTABLE began to paint canvas with landcapes as the main subject of their artwork, to arrive to impressionists painters who consacrete utterly, landscapes as the main subject of they artwork.

HOW, AS A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST PAINTER I CONCEIVE ARTISTICAL LANDSCAPE.

To paint peaceful countryside landscapes, typical ancient villages, gardens, forests, where whatever are the seasons, people's life is closer to the nature are my prefered painting subjects.

Depecting natural sceneries, painting vast and sunny landscapes, capturing beauty of some lands, also finding landscapes that invite you to rambling and dreaming is, for the artist painter i am, a real pleasure.