Provence

The Southern region of France, known as Provence, is magical and one of my favorite places to visit to photograph and paint.   The hillsides and fields are carpeted with the sweet scent of lavender and every morning of the week small farmers and gardeners travel to a different village for market day.  Colorful tents and market umbrellas are draped with Provencal fabric in bright blues, reds, and golds, sheltering the fresh produce and flowers the farmers bring to market.  Shoppers carry brightly colored hand woven baskets (no plastic bags here) to fill with the day’s bounty.  Fields of sunflowers abound and the happy faces of sunflowers follow the sun as it travels through the blue sky during the day. 

 “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.  It’s what sunflowers do.”   Helen Keller