Cool Book!

My friend and colleague artist Mariette du Maine has a French name, yet is Dutch, and lives in Holland but travels to France whenever she can. And when she's there she makes the most wonderful atmospheric watercolour sketches you can imagine. I have written about her before, check that out here.

Impression of fall with Potimarrons

In February she went to Aix-en-Provence. It was cold and beautiful, and as always Mariette created a 'Carnet de Voyage' that is now available as a book. And it is COOL! I love it...

It is in dutch and french - but even if you don't speak that, the pictures will tell the story...

Mariette du Maine

Mariette is an old Dutch friend, and an excellent artist and  aquarellista! At the moment she is working on an illustrated book comparing and relating the Provence and 'het Gooi' (an especially beautiful area in Holland). The drawings are based on her 'carnets de voyage' which she makes while traveling in her favourite area, the Provence...

Here's our scoop - a sneak preview of three illustrations for the book (click to enlarge):

"Town hall squares" - and fountains (in Aix en Provence)

"Sheep" - Transhumance  (in Guillaume)

Potimarron - a happy word on this grey Friday (in Apt)

To see more work of Mariette du Maine go to her website www.everyoneweb.com/mariettedumaine (also in our link-list) and I'll keep you posted on the availability of the book...