BERNARD JANSON ; OIL PALETTE KNIFE PAINTINGS; ANCIENT FRENCH VILLAGES GALLERY.

oil palette knife painting showing the fountain of an ancient French village

THE FOUNTAIN OF SEGURET VILLAGE

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; VI T 16

Oil painting knife on canvas.

modern palette knife painting showing ancient stone houses in a typical french hamlet

ANCIENT STONE HOUSES IN A FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE HAMLET

size 60 cm X 51 cm

reference; VI S 25

Oil painting knife on canvas.

a detail of the previous canvas showing the impasto effects of my painting knife technique

A CLOSE-UP OF THE PREVIOUS CANVAS SHOWING THE IMPASTO EFFECTS OBTAINED WITH MY PAINTING KNIFE TECHNIQUE

modern painting knife an ancient picturesque and typicial provence village

AN ANCIENT PROVENCE VILLAGE.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; PR R 07

Oil painting knife on canvas.

For the artist painter I am, it's a real pleasure to paint an ancient Provence village like this one. It invites you to wander along it's romantic cobbled narrow streets, with their typical and picturesque old houses made with ochre stone, sometimes painted with pastel colours.

a close-up of the previous artwork showing several details

A DETAIL VIEW OF THE PROVENCE VILLAGE.

painting knife a fountain in an ancient provence village

A FOUNTAIN IN A PROVENCE VILLAGE.

size 61 cm X 50 cm

reference; PR P 28

Oil painting knife on canvas.

In many Provence villages you can see several fountains. I've painted with great plaesure this one in the village of "Mollans sur ouveze", with it's pretty shadowed wash-house and it's typical fountain with the beautiful reflections of water.

painting knife countryside village Mons en pevele in France

A VIEW OF MONS EN PEVELE VILLAGE.

size 80 cm X 40 cm

reference; CA P 13

Oil painting knife on canvas

oil palette knife painting a countryside ancient village Mons en pevele in France

A DETAILLED VIEW OF MONS EN PEVELE VILLAGE.

palette knife artwork; a typical ancient provence village with its old houses

PICTURESQUE PROVENCE VILLAGE.

size : 65 cm X 56 cm

reference : PR E 45

Oil painting knife on canvas

oil palette knife painting landscape ancient french village

MONS EN PEVELE VILLAGE.

size 55 cm X 46 cm

reference; CA F 26

Oil painting knife on canvas

To paint an ancient French village, for the artist painter I am is to refer to historical and cultural symbolic values.
It is to highlight the rural heritage. It is to invite the art lovers to wander into the narrow cobbed streets, to admire the old houses, and why not to rejuvenate to get emotion before the old colored stones with their history.
The diversity of the architecture of the ancient and charming french villages is a strong spring of inspiration for the most of the contemporary artist painters.