The birthday of a dear friend (and executive director of the Leo Marchutz School) always falls during our summertime in Aix-en-Provence, and we’ve made it a bit of a tradition to go to the beach on that day to celebrate. We swam in the cool morning water and had a beautiful picnic at this beach, our first time going to this spot which is in Cassis, a favorite seaside town with many beaches to choose from. As the beach filled up, I couldn’t help but make a painting of the other bathers. I continued to return to this beach over and over as the summer went on, although this is the only painting looking in this direction.

This painting is part of Summer in le Sud (“luh sood”, a French word meaning “the south of France”), a series of paintings and watercolors made en plein air (outside, from life) as an artist-in-residence with the Leo Marchutz School.

Original watercolor on paper. This painting comes professionally framed in a lovely navy lacquer frame with UV-protective glass. The overall size when framed is approx 15”x19”.

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Merci for choosing to have a piece of my summertime on your walls!

xo Clare