The Cook's Garden at Chateau Chenonceau in France is a commission that I recently completed and wanted to share with you. The client I painted it for had a beautiful selection of vacation photos from her trip and wanted to commemorate her journey with a painting for her house.
These types of commissions are very much a combined effort between myself and the client because often I am trying to capture the feeling of a place I've never been before and the client has their own special memories they want to capture.
I knew, when I saw her photo, that I definitely wanted to paint it. Who could resist?! I completely lost myself in this garden as I worked on it over many weeks. Sometimes, I had to shake myself out of it and come back to my little painting corner. It was a joy. I do know that after painting it, I hope I someday have the privilege of journeying there myself. I wonder if I will walk into the garden and feel a special connection after having studied it for so long?
I always feel honored when someone asks me to create a visual reminder of a special memory of a time and place in their life.
"The Cook's Garden at Chateau Chenonceau, France"
30"x30" oil on canvas, private collection
1 comment:
That is so beautiful, Mary! What a treasure for your client.
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