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Provence Oil Paintings Spring Sale

March 25, 2022 by ashleyt 2 Comments

Online Spring Exhibition by artist Ashley Tinker

Hello friends!

It’s been some time since I’ve posted oil paintings for sale online here on the site. Instead I’ve been busy working on direct commissions. Also, many sold out on Instagram before I could post them here so I’ve been secretive while working on this winter/spring series for the past few months. I know that some of you have been patiently waiting and I thank you. I really appreciate your support.

This online exhibition will help us finance the final stages of our barn renovation which will be a two bedroom vacation rental. We’re still hoping that it will be ready for the summer. Ah! The floor isn’t even in yet! We’re working on it a lot at the moment so if you’re curious, there are daily updates on Instagram.

Like many people, Covid really had an effect on my business. With lots of time on my hands and not being able to go anywhere in lockdown, I turned to oil painting. I had dallied in oil paining before when in art school in Italy or in the studio here in Provence at the NG art creative residency. However, this was all encompassing. This photographer started to dream in paint, even see in paint!

The original project was to have an exhibition here in our barn. However, we weren’t able to get the windows and floors done in time. Hopefully next year when I plan to show more of my ink drawing series. In the Autumn I will also be showing my more abstract palette series.

Dreaming in Paint

But for now, please enjoy these Provence oil paintings. Many are inspired by my long walks in the Alpilles and Luberon. I now feel a part of this landscape, as if rooted here like the silver-green olive trees that I love so much.

If you’re interested in buying a work and are in the region, you’re welcome to come by my studio here in the Alpilles. It’s also possible to reserve paintings if you’d like to drop by later on in the year.

Scroll down to the bottom of this article to see prices and an idea of shipping costs. For the very large paintings, to save on shipping, it’s possible to take the canvases off the stretchers and send them rolled. They will have to be re-stretched and framed afterwards.

The faint “Curious Provence” on the images of the paintings is only on the picture in an attempt to avoid reproduction. It is difficult to do justice to the paintings with photography. Imagine the tones to be more rich and varied in person. The borders of these canvases have been painted dark brown except for the raw linen canvases where I think it’s a treat to see the beautiful linen. These are low resolution images for web purposes; if you’d prefer to see a higher resolution image before buying I can send one via email.

If you’d like to buy a painting, or have any questions, please email me at : curiouspriovence@gmail.com

Let me know in the comments which are your favourites ! I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Bon weekend,

Ashley

Alpilles Olive Groves – Les Oliviers des Alpilles

*Olivier Provençal* (50x60cm/20×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

Alpilles oil painting eyguieres — *Chemin d’Eyguières* (50x60cm/20×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

*Route d’Aureille Oliviers* (50x60cm/20×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

Example of these three together:

Olivier online exhibition curious provence

olive grove oil painting provence — *à Travers les Oliveraies* (50x60cm/20×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

Alpilles winter oil painting — *Sur la route d’Aureille* (40x40cm/16×16 inches) Oil on French linen

Spring Luberon Series – Printemps en Luberon

*Amandier en Fleur, Luberon* (80×80 cm/ 31×31 inches) Oil on canvas sold*

luberon oil painting provence — *Champ de Printemps, Luberon* (60x60cm/24×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

*Cabanon en Luberon* (50x60cm/20×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

*Champ de Printemps, Luberon (2)* (60x60cm/24×24 inches) Oil on Canvas

luberon oil painting — *Champ de Printemps, Cucuron* (50x60cm/20×24 inches) Oil on Canvas

Luberon Poppies – Coquelicots

ashleytinkercuriousprovencepaintingluberon — *Champ de Coquelicots, Mt Ventoux* (80x100cm / 31×39 inches) Oil on French Linen ***sold****

*Coquelicots, Cucuron* (60x60cm/24×24 inches) Oil on Canvas sold*

luberon poppies oil painting — *Lever du soleil sur le champ des coquelicots, Luberon* (80x80cm / 31×31 inches) Oil on French Linen **sold***

Les Baux de Provence

Les Baux Oliviers 1 & 2, (50x60cm each/ 20×24 inches), Oil on Canvas (both sold*)

Sunflowers – Tournesols

Champ de Tournesols, Arles (60x70cm / 24×28 inches) Oil on Canvas ***sold****

Large Oil Paintings – Grand Formats

wildflower oil painting curious provence — Fleurs Sauvages, Mai (120x140cm / 47×55 inches) Oil on Canvas

Chemin, Les Baux de Provence (120x140cm / 47×55 inches) Oil on French unstretched** linen sold*

Contact

If you have any questions and/or if you’d like to reserve a painting you can email me at : curiousprovence@gmail.com

– Ashley

Snow in Eygalières Limited Edition Prints

February 6, 2021 by ashleyt 6 Comments

Winter 2023 update* I am currently offering a second edition, printed slightly larger on the same paper, edition.

Last month, something magical happened. It was a Monday morning. The sky turned from pink to pale grey, and to my amazement large fluffy bundles of snowflakes started floating down from the sky! Snow is a rare occurrence here in Provence, though we sometimes have a dusting that will last a couple of hours. But this was something else! I looked at my vintage mini and Robin could tell what I was thinking. Do I brave the roads in a whiteout?

Snow in Provence !

Well, this stubborn Canadian just had to get into her antique car and drive 20km an hour with wipers that just tickle the windshield, a trickle of heating and of course no snow tires. My car lights look like candles at the best of times… I was determined to reach my destination; the prettiest village close to me- Eygalières. First stop- Chapelle Sainte Sixte.

chapelle sainte sixte — This chapel is beloved by locals. The current building dates back to the 12th century though before that it was a Roman chapel, and before that a sacred pagan site.

The snowflakes were falling in such large bunches that I could hear them when they landed. It was so wondrous to see the almond trees, olives and winter wild flowers covered with heavy snow. After wandering around the chapel, I wanted to head into the village. I wasn’t if my car would get back onto the road, but crossed my fingers and gunned it!

Once safely in the village, with only a couple scares along the road, I found myself in an actual winter wonderland. The terracotta roof tiles and blue shutters of Provence transformed into something extraordinary. I walked in running shoes (I left my boots back in Canada) through the surprisingly deep falling snow. When I got back into the snow-buried car after wandering the medieval lanes and olive groves of Eygalières, I couldn’t turn the ignition because my hands were so numb!
But it was absolutely worth it.

These are the images from that day.

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Fleurs Sauvages, Mai Cyanotypes by Ashley

June 8, 2018 by ashleyt 6 Comments

Cyanotypes by Ashley Tinker

This is the original Fleurs Sauvages, Mai series from which 6 were sold at the exhibition.

In addition to the Alpilles Oil Paintings, I spent the spring in the studio of the NG Art Residency creating cyanotypes. This is a old photographic process where light-sensitive chemicals are exposed to the sun, therefore creating one of a kind prints. Using thick watercolour paper, I chose the wild flowers that I found in the surrounding fields in Eygalieres including wild peas, poppies, thlaspi, grasses and more as the subject. These works are incredibly detailed because a brush was used to apply the chemicals rather working with already treated paper. The result is an ethereal painterly effect. Somewhere between paintings and photography. That being said, they’re extremely tricky to photograph and it’s difficult to see the detail here.

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Photography Exhibition Ashley Tinker

June 27, 2016 by ashleyt 3 Comments

I’m originally a fine art photographer. Black and white film is my weapon of choice.

Café de la Place in Saint Remy de Provence will be holding a vernissage with some of my prints on Thursday, July 7th. If you’re in the area, don’t hesitate to stop by for a glass of wine, a chat and prepared to be inspired by, of all things, Spaghetti…

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