This gorgeous picture is A Country Lane by Pierre Bittar. A contemporary Impressionist artist, Bittar was born in France in 1934 and has his own gallery in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
I love the spots of sunlight on the purple road in this painting. You can really feel the awareness of texture that a bright, humid-free day (like today!) brings to your senses. Impressionism is perfect for conveying that.
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i love the bushiness of the flowers over the fence. it really gives you that air of europe about it doesn't it?
It really does.
Oh, lovely.
It's gorgeous, isn't it?
I love the purple street/path best. I want to walk there ... slowly, quietly, and end up on a wooden bench somewhere down the path where I can sit and absorb all the beauty surrounding me. Yeah, that's what I want to do. ; )
Exactly. Time will stand still.
Thanks for this, I don't know much about late Impressionists such as Bittar. His nature is very impressionistic; the house, less so...not the usual.
Impressionism is my favorite art, next to the 1100s-1500s. Oh, and add icons to that. I love this painting and hope that I will be able to express myself so passionately as the impressionists when I master digital painting, if I ever do. It takes a lot of courage to paint like this. This painting really draws the viewer in.
You're right, kkollwitz, the house is much less impressionistic, isn't it? I think he really shows nature as changing and growing as opposed to the house which is more static.
Barbara, I think we have similar tastes!
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