Brasserie du Quai, Quai de la Megisserie

9 x 12 oil on panel

Last year at this time, I spent ten days in France. It was a wonderful time and I took several photos. To commemorate my time there, I decided to do a few studies from the photos I took. Most of the time the weather was overcast, but once in a while, the sun peaked out. We also had a couple of nice rainfalls. This scene is on Quai de la Megisserie, a street in Paris, adjacent to The Seine, just east of The Louvre.

Misty Morning Along The Seine

9 x 12 oil on panel

I'm still working on some smaller paintings using the photographs I took on my trip to France. Doing smaller format paintings helps me decide which ones I would like to do on a larger scale.

On this particular day our Viking River Cruise took us from Vernon to Rouen. We cast off at 6 A.M. and the weather was cool and misty. Most passengers were down below away from the cool wet breezes, but I couldn't resist the atmospheric verdant landscapes as we meandered down the Seine. The limestone showing through the hills was reminiscent of our Niagara Escarpment in southern ontario.