Margaret Huddy French Landscapes

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that last as long as life endures." Rachel Carson

Margaret painted these landscapes while on three trips to France. The newest ones at the top of the page were done in the Pyrenees region in May and June, 2009. The Breton paintings were done in August, 2006 while on a residency in the city of Dinan, Brittany. The rest were done in July, 2005 while she was teaching in the Perigord. Her landscapes are all painted en plein air. Working on site forces one to react quickly to the subject. She lets the landscape speak to her and dictate the style in which she will work. It is impossible to paint wet into wet in the desert or on dry paper in northern Maine. The large paintings were done while working on location for about four hours.Then Margaret returns to the studio where she studies the painting and reinforces the values and colors in order to create a painting and not be just a slave to the view in front of her. In the studio is where the brain takes over from the heart. The small paintings are painted in a 9" x 12" watercolor sketchbook with a small watercolor travel kit which she carries with her wherever she goes so she can take advantage of short breaks during lunch or a coffee stop and quickly capture her surroundings.

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Sizes are the image size, not including the mat. Mats add an additional 3-5 inches on each side

Pont d' Espagne 8.5" x 10.5" $295	Carcassone 6.5" x 10.5" $295
Argeles Gazost View 6" x 8" $125	Chateau de Foix 8" x 8" $195
Within Carcassone 6" x 5.5" $95	Portal Carcassone 6" X 4.75" $95
Along the Aude River 7.5" x 8" $195	Neptune Fountain, Carcassone 9" x 7.5" $195
Pic du Midi d'Ossau 10.5" x 4" $195	View from Pau 10" x 3" $125
Pont Neuf, Toulouse 8" x 4.5" $95	Donjon, Carcassone 6" x 4.75" $95
Snow Capped Mountain 4.5" x 6" $95.	Grotte de Niaux 4.5" x 6" $95.
Cirque de Gavarnie 4.5" x 6" $95.	On the trail to Gavarnie 4.5" x 6" $95.
Col de Soulor 3.5" x 10.5" $95	Small Sketches Not for Sale
Mont St. Michel 15" x 22" SOLD	Breton Village 8" x 10" $295
Cap de Frehel 15" x 22" $695	Pointe du Grouin 15" x 22" SOLD
View of Dinan 15" x 22" $695	Jardin Anglais 15" x 22" SOLD
Brittany Blue 8.5" x 8.5" SOLD	Blue and Yellow 5.5 x 8.5 $125
Pointe de la Garde 15" x 22" $695	Port de Dinan 15" x 22" SOLD
Dinan Chateau 15" x 22" $695	High Tide, St. Jacut de la Mer 15" x 22" SOLD
Half Timbered Window 5.5 x 7.5" Sold	Chateau de Dinan 8" x 10" $295
Hotel de Ville, Dinan 22" x 15" SOLD	Lehon Garden 22" x 15" SOLD
Moulin de Buglais 22" x 15" $695	Pub-Hotel, St. Sauveur Square 10" x 8" $295
Pointe du Chevet 3.5" x 9.5" $95	St. Jacut de la Mer 6" x 11" Sold
Seascape, English Channel 4.5" x 8" $125	Fort, St. Malo 4' x 8" $95
Cloister, Abbaye de Lehon 15" x 11" $395	Hotel Saint Sauveur 6" x 5" SOLD
Flowers and Lace 7" x 6" $195	Fleurs 6" x 8" $195
Along the Seine, Croissey 4" x 8" SOLD	Bergerac 15" x 22" SOLD
French Haystacks 15" x 22" $695	Molieres 15" x 22" $695
Monpazier 15" x 22" $695	Perigord Landscape 15" x 22" $695
Wisteria and Geraniums 15" x 22" $695	French Farmhouse 15" x 22" SOLD
Luxembourg Garden 7" x 8" $195	Garden on the Champs Elysees 7" x 8" $295
Les Invalides from the Rodin Museum 6" x 8" $195	French Village 7" x 5" SOLD
Window on Paris 8" X 10" SOLD	Notre Dame de Paris 4.5" x 4.5" $95
Sarlat 22" x 15" $695	Beynac 8" x 8" $125
Eymet 7" x 4" $95	Bordeaux Public Garden 8.5" x 8" $125
Flowers on the Porch 5" x 8" $195	Beynac Chateau 30" x 22" $1195