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Maison des Artistes Official: English artist painter living in the “real” south of France. Plein Air Painter, Oils mainly. Group & individual Tuition, painting retreats Www.lindahmatthews-artiste.fr
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Really happy with this new wall paper, haven’t touched this room since we moved in. #papierpeint @bricoflor.fr #mavieenfrance #madamebricolage #frenchinteriors #bricolage

The first warm day for a long time, a day in the atelier so a breath of sea air at Portiragnes Plage was the best medicine #autignacartiste #mavieenfrance #bitterois

Have felt abit rough the last two days, but still so excited by this new project, first layer of gesso on 150x100 linen, two more layers to go before the painting begins. #autignacartiste #autignac #newinspirations #béziers #atelierlife #oilpainting_artists #gobigorgohome #artworkshops #art

Working in the home atelier today, adding a bit of light to some recent Plein air work. Doors are open for visitors again. #autignacartiste #vignoble #faugeres #villagedefrance #oilpainting #pleinairpainter #francetoday #autignac #vigne #art

Both these graphite drawings are 40x60cm, 2 thirds the size of planned paintings. Upscaled from the small oil paintings completed en plein air. It’s been a really useful exercise, to revisit and re-examine. #autignacartiste #oilpainting #artoftheday #frenchpleinairpainters #art #béziers

Le Ponte vieux, Béziers” also being scaled up for a larger canvas painting. Good practice for the French Plein Air Painters, large format Festival in Normandy in August. #autignacartiste #largeformatoilpaintings #anexerciseinpatience #artcontemporain #oilpainting #art

Béziers Atelier today, Prepping scale up of small Plein air paintings, onto bigger canvases. “Les Parasols Blancs, Vias” to 92x65 cm canvas when finished. #autignacartiste #oilpainting #frenchinteriors #art #Beziers #artcontemporain

“La Porte Verte” 24 x 25cm oil on linen canvas . Not quite en plein air, 4th Saturday of the month, my Saturday at 11 Rue Paul Riquet Beziers, painting the view from the atelier. #art #autignacartiste #oilpainting #huilesurtoîle #surlemotif #béziers #bezierstourisme #doorways #mavieenfrance

Afternoon in my home atelier, Cleaned,Treated and gold waxed carved features of this mirror, a La Liberté souvenir and waiting for a few years. For the 1st floor bedroom when I have decorated over the next week #autignacartiste #mavieenfrance #upcycle #chateaudiy #frenchinteriors #antiquemirrors

“St Nazaire, Béziers” Aquarelle. My mind is all over the place today, I made myself focus for an hour to produce a watercolour sketch whilst in the Béziers atelier #autignacartiste #aquarelle #béziers #bezierstourisme #11ruepaulriquet #art

Great concentration and fun, this morning @cafedeco my "debutante de linogravure" workshop. Next one is a two colour jigsaw linoprint on 31/05. 1 day Thursday stage in Beziers are listed on my website www.lindahmatthews-artiste.fr #autignacartiste #stagelinogravure #stagedessin #stagepeinture #art

My website now has a gallery of paintings displayed at 11 Rue Paul Riquet Béziers. I can show what is available there at my Autignac atelier. There is also a browser of unframed watercolours and oils. I am there on Thurs. + the 4th Sat. the month. www.lindahmatthews-artiste.fr/en/artworks/... #art

En plein air oil painting on the edge of our village, just now. What a beautiful afternoon, green shoots will soon be appearing on the vines, another cycle of life in France. #autignacartiste #autignac #enpleinairpainting #frenchpleinairpainters #art #allaprimapainting #artworkshops #France

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“Theatre Municipal, Béziers” soft pastel, sur le motif. Painted in November en plein air, available from 11 Rue Paul Riquet, Béziers from tomorrow. I am present tomorrow and Saturday come and say bonjour if in #Béziers #autignacartiste #pleinairpainting #frenchpleinairpainters #pastelpainting #art

I have just loaded some new works to my Red Bubble shop where you can buy mugs, phone cases notebooks cushion covers and more with my images on follow the link and have a browse www.redbubble.com/people/Autig...

"Place de la Madeleine, Béziers" Aquarelle and ink. Passing gallery time working on sketches for Béziers greeting cards series. #autignacartiste #aquarelle #watercolour #art #cartevoeux #stagesaquarelle

Les dépliants de ma nouvelle aventure sont partis à l'imprimerie. Rien ne se fait en restant dans sa zone de confort, me dit-on!! The flyers for my new adventure are at the printers, “Nothing is achieved if you stay in your comfort zone” so I’m told !! #autignacartiste #art Click for full images

PHEW !!!!! The relief when you send an image of a commissioned painting to the client and they love it 🫣😮‍💨 Happy Weekend #art

Day 31 #stradaeasel “Artist’s oil Palette” 29x40cm soft pastel . Leaving your palette dirty is sometimes advantageous, last one for the #stradaeaselchallenge2025. which has really given me inspiration at the start of the year #autignacartiste #pastelpainting #art #artistpalette

Day 30 #stradaeasel Snowglobe graphite sketch. I was determined to paint today but sorting Corres and paintings for the new gallery got in the way. One day to go #stradaeaselchallenge2025 #autignacartiste #croquis #art

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Day 29 #stradaeasel Orchid graphite sketch tonight lots of prep going on for my new gallery project and finishing a commission (I hope) #croquis #graphitedrawing #autignacartiste #stadaeasel2025 #art

Day 28 #stradaeasel “Le chameau” pencil sketch The Camel is Our city of Béziers totem and therefore the mascot of the rugby 🏉 club. I bought this sculpture by a local artist for OH for Christmas a few years ago #autignacartiste #stradaeasel2025 #asbh #beziersrugby

Day 27 #stradaeasel pencil sketch of OH's panama, after a busy weekend looking forward to spring days. #autignacartiste #croquiscrayon #stradaeaselchallenge #stradaeasel2025

VENDU🔴 “La Cuisine” 24x30 oil painted in 2019, sold today. Still do a happy dance when someone reacts so positively to what I love doing. #autignacartiste #naturemorte #artdecuisine #kitchenart #oilpainting #allaprima #stilllife #art

Day 26 #stradaeasel "Café normal" nature morte, l'huile sur ampersand board Passing time, at the arts salon. #autignacartiste #oilpainting #surlemotif #stilllife #allaprimaoilpainting #allaprima #café #stradaeaselchallenge #stradaeasel2025

Day 25 #stradaeasel "Darth Vader in a pink Negligée" gouache Had fun painting this piece by pop artist Fabian Sirot www.fabiensirotcreateur.com #fabypopart also exhibiting at Capestang salon des arts this weekend. #autignacartiste #gouachepainting #starwars #art #surlemotif #salondesarts

Day 23 #stradaeasel “vers Les Pyrenees, entre Autignac et Caussiniojouls” oil, almost contre jour. Great to get out in sunshine and back to my oils again today #autignacartiste #frenchpleinairpainters #paysagesfrançais #stradaeasel2025 #pleinairpainting #art

Day 22 #stradaeasel "un verre de vin blanc" gouache one can't live in a vigneronne village and not include wine #autignacartiste #wine #lafolie #gouachepainting #stradaeaselchallenge #stradaeasel2025 #art

Day 21 #stradaeasel “Lady Marmalade” gouache 31 days of January, one painting from life each day end of week 3 WOW!! I spent Sunday making orange marmalade and still have some amére oranges to use up, so production will start again soon. #autignacartiste #art #foodillustration #foodart

Day 20 #stradaeasel "life is like a box of chocolates" gouache OH has a fiat 500, this tin was a stocking filler at Christmas. Concentrating was a problem today a lot going on in my head ! #stradaeasel2025 #surlemotif #autignacartiste

Day 19 #stradaeasel A beautiful walk on the north west side of our village, over dressed for the temperature in the sun. first sketch i sat in the road for a few minutes, second I stood, we are so blessed to live here in this little bit of paradise in #France #croquiscrayon #art #pencilsketch

Day18 #stradaeasel “Le phare et la mouette” gouche. I’m quite enjoying playing with gouache for a change stradaeaselchallenge #autignacartiste #gouachepainting #stilllife #naturemorte #surlemotif #paintingfromlife #art

Day 17 #stradaeasel “Carottes avec les fanes” gouache. Another foodie painting, always find carrot tops beautiful can never not admire the colours #foodart #allaprimapainting #croquis #gouachepainting #stradaeaselchallenge2025 #stradaeaselchallenge #foodillustration

Day 16 #stradaeasel “Tarte au fromage de chèvre, oignons rouges et figues” 20x20cm gouache. A really quick sketch today, whilst the veg were cooking for lunch #foodart #faitmaison #allaprimapainting #croquis #gouachepainting #stradaeaselchallenge2025 #stradaeaselchallenge #foodillustration

Day 15 #stradaeasel “La Cheminée, naturemorte”20x50cm gouache. Woke with a cold this morning so stayed snug at home today. Painted in the salle de séjour this afternoon #art #autignacartiste #gouachepainting #stilllife #naturemorte #surlemotif #paintingfromlife

Day 14 #stradaeasel “Chandelier en lapin” 50x20cm sur le motif en gouache. A candlestick bought by friends for my birthday, twas too cold for the studio or outside today, so painted in the dining room #art #autignacartiste #gouachepainting #allaprima #stilllifepaintings

DAY 13 #stradaeasel "Love or Hate, nature morte" Aquarelle / encre,sur le motif Monday is the village art association afternoon, Oils don't fit well in the small Salle so I take my watercolours and ink, sketching two different techniques of this #Marmite pot from life #autignacartiste #art