Living Through the Arts

Our workshop in Provence 2
Yves M. Larocque
Art History | Food | Cooking | General | Inspiration |Thoughts | PaintingJuly 3, 2011

Monica gettting ready!

Getting Ready for Atelier Provence

After a night in Milan and train trip to Marseille where we picked up our van, we are finally in our lodge in the middle of the Valensole plateau. The beauty of the juxtaposition of the lavender and the blond wheat fields is absolutely amazing!  Solitary English green platanes, a few red poppies and burnt sienna soil fields enrich the landscape. Undoubtedly our group of artists arriving tomorrow will have no inspiration problems! For the last three days we have refined the schedule, choosing the best painting spots and deciding on our menu. As in Tuscany, doing the groceries in Provence is indeed a pleasure! We are always too excited with so many choices of cheese, all sorts of meat, abundance of vegetables and herbs, and excellent wines at reasonable and civilized prices! We’ll keep you posted about our artists’ works and our art and gastronomic experiences! We are certainly eager to start icscis/walkthearts’ first alumni painting workshop!

 

by | Jul 3, 2011 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting

1 Comment

  1. Suzy Tilley
    Suzy Tilley on July 3, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Hi Yves and Monica, I love to see you Monica working out the details of all those gorgeous meals that the new group are about to eat. Things are really moving along here and I am up to my neck “painting from my heart” preparing the paintings for my SALA Exhibition. I just love France and am so looking forward to sharing wonderful times with you both. Suzyxxxxx

     
    Reply

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Who are we?

We all make art! It is part of culture. It is deeply rooted in human nature as a way of communicating with others. We all need to tell our stories because it is stories that link us all. We are all one, one creative mind! Though, all unique and equipped with unique ways of expressing ourselves. We live in constant search of that unique liberating voice. At Walk the Arts we aim to facilitate our art makers to explore new territories. Our painting classes and art history trips on three continents are meant to be rounded art experiences among small groups of like-minded adults. We offer an environment that fosters creativity. As we always say, art as religion is just a matter of faith. This blog is about living fully the experience of art, about finding our single artistic path, about the joy of art-making. We believe that making art accessible to all will lead to a betterment of our society.

Archives

Contact Us! North America and Europe

Twitter Updates

“On Painting” by Gilles Deleuze

Feb 16, 2025

 

A blank canvas is a space brimming with possibilities—“a painting to be made,” as Cézanne wrote. It is what Deleuze calls the “catastrophe”—nothing can be seen, yet everything is there as if one were trapped in the eye of a storm. And from this catastrophe, one must find a way out: the very first stroke, a scribble, clichés to be destroyed, “forms that fade away”; erasing, starting over; “the hand, freed from the eye, runs wild,” and then—there! “The color rises,” and so on until the final work emerges.

Let Go! The Artist’s Way of Cooking

Oct 14, 2018

 

Ten years ago, here in Tuscany, we decided to write a recipe book but with so many good cookbooks in the market, we needed to propose a new idea. We had to find a modus operandi close to who we are and what we do as visual artists. The answer was in front of us and painting gave it to us: art and color!

Travelling with meaning : a painting workshop in Italy

Sep 30, 2017

 

More and more travellers from the developed world are looking for meaningful travels. We are aiming for journeys that allow us to learn something new, to deepen our culture, to enhance our lives. Purpose, inspiration and self-discovery are now vital elements in our traveling choices. Probably, this is why our quality painting workshops offered since 1997, have become more and more popular.

Privacy Policy