Oil Painting - Manoir Windows

Oil Painting - Manoir Windows
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm), stretched canvas Available in my Etsy store. 
 
Could be France, could be England, could even be 19th C. America.

But it's France, Annecy to be exact. The windows (especially the reflected sky and foliage) and much of the flowers are based on a glorious photo by Michele*mp, found here. Note the many deserved accolades her photo has received.

Thanks, Michele!

The stone window frame is from a detail in an etching by Samuel Chamberlain from around 1924.

Lisieux scene

Lisieux scene
Unframed. Available in my Etsy store.
Oil painting based on a 1925 etching by Samuel Chamberlain; appears as plate 17, "Old Houses in Lisieux" in The Prints of Samuel Chamberlain

Couldn't help adding the window plants.

6 in wide x 12 in. high (15.25 x 30.5 cm) gallery-wrapped canvas.

Lisieux took heavy damage in World War II -- I don't know if these old houses in Chamberlain's etching still exist. Some ancient structures were restored after the war; more were replaced by 1950s French modern, a style that is not a high point in architectural history. Even if restored, there is almost no way to mimic the twists, sags, bends and warps that happened as the original green oak timbers dried and shifted.

Chamberlain's print, of course, is black and white; I've added colors that are found today.

Facade in Gaillon

Facade in Gaillon
Unframed. Available in my Etsy store.
One of my oil paintings, this one based on one of the architectural details on plate IV of Samuel Chamberlain's Domestic Architecture in Rural France (1928).

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.5 cm) on gallery-wrapped stretched canvas.

Brick and stone noggin (the fill between the oak beams and posts) turn this into a fascinating pattern.