Brittany sketches

 I love Brittany and go to paint as often as I can.

The clean sandy beaches, the rocky Atlantic coasts,

the farms, the fields, the flowers and the people, it has my heart.

 

This year I visited La Vallee des Saints in Brittany and fell even more in love with the area because of the deeper roots of the Celtic connection I came to understand.

I'd always visited the great churches of the area and appreciated the ancient architecture. And I'd always appreciated the Celtic connection - the place I stay is near Lesneven which is twinned with Carmarthen, the nearest large town to where I live in West Wales. The similarities in culture and languague are profound.

But what I hadn't appreciated until I visited the Valley of the Saints was just how much of the Breton culture and religion came across the water from Cornwall, Wales and Scotland during the 5th centuries.

I could go on ... and I will in my new You Tube Channel - Creative Living in Wales, a new weekly vlog about my studio, paintings and Celtic connections. Join me.

 

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These are some sketches from my recent trip, some will be worked up into full paintings, but most I am happy with as sketches - ink, water, sea air ... what more does a girl need?

They are all unframed, and sent rolled in a tube. Postage is free in the UK, outside the UK, please message for a postage quote.

The smallest are A3 in size and are £195,

the largest A1 at £395