Painting in Provence
with Eleanor Cox
June 28-July 12, 2014
A fourteen day painting trip to Provence is planned for June-July 2014..a time for the lavender, maybe some remaining poppies and sunflowers to enhance the characteristic views of the Luberon. Our stay will be based in the historic hill village of Bonnieux. Small enough to be easy, with good restaurants, and shopping, Bonnieux is a great painting versatile location. Our stay will be in a small eight-room guest house, with a beautiful garden and swimming pool. We have use of 7 rooms. The Luberon has a history dating back to prehistoric and Roman times and is a perennial favorite of artists.
Hosts of European Experiences, Kathy and Charley Wood stay at Le Clos du Buis when they take groups and thought it would be perfect for artists and travelers. There are double rooms, some that can be single, and even a triple. There is a common kitchen that can be used, and a room that can be for less than perfect weather. Breakfasts will be included, a light supper on arrival June 28, a mid interval dinner, and a final one, July 10. Plans are to take a winery tour, including a tasting and apertif at Domaine Faverot during one of our ten painting days, painting there in the morning, their view of the Petite Luberon.
The ten painting days will include painting the first day in Bonnieux, a day in Aix en Provence, famous for the Cours Mirabeau and Cezanne’s studio, St. Remy, chic shopping, Les Baux, the famous “white” live and dead cities, Lourmarin, ancient perched village, and cemetery where Albert Camus is buried, Arles, and Van Gogh, Cassis on the Mediterranean, Gordes and Abbaye de Senaque, and the red village of Roussillon. Market day in L’Isle- sur-la-Sorgue is on a Sunday, perhaps you may want to go there to paint a bit, and shop on your Sunday off, and stop by Fontaine de Vaucluse. Possibly a day trip to Avignon, though a city, it has great history. Other places may include the small villages of Cucuron, and Vaugines, site of the movies, “Jean De Florette,” and ”Mannon Des Sources. ” Peter Mayle’s “A Year in Provence, “ describes living in Menerbes , in the southern Vaucluse, and is the inspiration for the movie, “A Good Year.” There is also the Foret de Cedres, Lacoste, Saignon, hard to choose the best painting locations, but there will be mountains, the sea, and perched villages. Plans are underway to visit Chateaux La Canorgue.
Workshop Tour Prices
Double occupancy: $2350 per person
Single occupancy: $2850 per person
Triple occupancy: $2050 per person
Includes: 14 nights, a light supper on Monday, June 28, a mid interval dinner, and a final dinner, Thursday, July 10. A wine tasting tour and apertif at Domaine Faverot. (If fee for tasting exceeds budget, a small additional fee will be collected and also at Chateaux La Canorgue, if need be.) Instruction for 10 painting days, one of which will be a touring day to Aix-en-Provence, 2 travel days, and 2 free days.
Not included: airfare, car rental, which can be shared with other painters, and meals, except for a light first supper, opening and final dinners. Dale Fuller at Covington Travel will book airfare and assist in car rental, 804-747-7077.
Needed lunch fixings, wine and bakery items can be purchased in Bonnieux and other nearby villages.
To make a reservation: Mail the form below with your deposit of $500 to:
Eleanor Cox
3980 Reed’s Landing Circle
Midlothian, VA 23113
804-320-1445 h, 804-320-2613 fax, 804-513-7452, m
Deposit, $500 due with application, Balances, $1850-D, $2350-S, $1550-T, due April 1. Non painters, deduct $200.
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Upon receipt of application and deposit, a supply list will be sent. Maps, directions, a tentative schedule of sites, and a list of restaurants will be sent mid to late April.
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91 + days (from the first day of the trip) : $200 per person
61-90 days: 25% of the total price
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Trip insurance is suggested. If needed, contact Dale Fuller at Covington Travel.
A passport is required. It must be valid at the time you return to the U.S. preferably for at least six months. Prices are based on currency exchange rates as of October 2013. If there is any major fluctuation, adjustments will be made later. The workshop will involve walking and you must be able to carry your painting supplies. Every attempt will be made to park as close to the painting site as possible.
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Eleanor Cox specializes in watercolors that feature color and light in the landscape and garden. Her work focuses on Virginia but she has traveled abroad annually for 30 years to paint en plein air in England, Ireland, France, and Italy. Holding a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she has won many local and regional awards including honors from the Southern Watercolor Society, the Baltimore Watercolor Society, the Potomac Valley Watercolorists, and the Virginia Watercolor Society, all of which she is an artist member. Her work is in many private and corporate collections, including Forbes Magazine, Wachovia Bank, Philip Morris Corporation, CSX, Capital One, First Union Bank, and James River Corporation.
Eleanor Cox, 3980 Reed’s Landing Circle, Midlothian VA 23113, 804-320-1445 h, 804-513-7452 m, 804-320-2613 fax, , www.eleanorcox.com