Oil on 3/8" deep Hardboard
6" high x 6" wide
$250.00
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This painting has tons of incredibly interesting parts and it was challenging from the beginning, in fact I've been trying to paint this image ever since I took the picture in our second road trip to France back in 2005. I'm not good at painting cars, and on top having to paint such a beautiful old car I admit was nervous from the start, what a beauty!
On our second road trip to France, we had the opportunity to stop on literally every single town we found on our way to Paris. You have no idea how beautiful is to drive through out France until you reach Paris, what a nightmare of city! in terms of driving of course. After Poitiers, we drove through the town of Richelieu, yes the town of Cardinal Richelieu. On our way out we stopped at a small palace to take some pictures and soon we found ourselves stepping back in time... well kind of. A rally of old cars was taking place. The people sure looked like they were lost, which was perfect for me to take pictures. Quite a few cars passed in front of us and even did a U turn right on the parking lot we were standing on. Every people on the streets just stopped to watch the parade of beautiful cars. This couple was truly lost. They drove back and forth 5 times until finally they stopped where we were standing and after the woman looked at the manual and talked to her partner, finally it seems they found their way to continue the rally and all the cars disappeared. I was amazed at how some were dressed, like the lady in this car. They sure seemed to be having a great time.
Este cuadro tiene una cantidad de partes interesantes y ha sido desafiante desde el principio, de hecho he estado tratando de pintar esta imagen desde el dia que tome la foto en nuestro segundo viage por coche a Francia en el 2005. No soy muy buena pintando coches, y encima tener que pintar semejante belleza de coche viejo, admito que estaba nerviosa desde el principio, que belleza!
En nuestro segundo viaje a France, tuvimos la oportunidad de literalmente parar en cada pueblecito que encontramos en nuestra via a París. No tiene idea que bello es conducir a travez de Francia hasta que llega a París, que pesadilla de ciudad! in términos de conducir por supuesto. Luego de Poitiers, conducimos a travez del pueblo de Ricehlieu, si el pueblo del Cardinal Richelieu. En la salida paramos a las afueras de una palacio a tomar algunas fotos, y pronto nos encontramos viajando al pasado... bueno casi. Estaba en proceso un rally de coches viejos. La gente si que parecia estar perdida, lo cual era perfecto para mi para tomar fotos. Unos cuantos coches pasaron por delante de nosotros y dieron la vuelta justo en el aparcadero donde estabamos nosostros. Cada persona en las calles, se quedó solo a ver la carroza de coches bellos. Esta pareja estaba verdadermante perdida. Fueron de arriba a abajo como 5 veces hasta que finalmente pararon donde estabamos nosotros, y luego de que la mujer mirara el manual y conversara con su pareja finalmente parece que consiguieron la ruta para continuar el rally y todos los coches desaparecieron. Me impresionó como algunos vestias, como la mujer en este coche. Seguro que parecía se estaban divirtiendo.
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