Jardin d'Acclimatation Painting

The lovely Jardin d'Acclimatation (Acclimatization Garden) in Paris is probably the best garden in the world to take children under the age of 8. The Carrousel 1900, the Acrobatic Route, Bumper Cars, Trampolines, Flying Chairs, the Enchanted Lake and canoe rides, the Galloping Horses, the Carnival of Animals - it's all there - a mix of new rides with rides our grandparents used to take. My garden paintings are dedicated to the French - for continuing to focus on the quality of life - which is what they do best - and to all Francophiles. My hope is that this painting will bring back the happy memories for those who have had the pleasure to watch their little ones on the old-fashioned galloping horses... or for those who have not yet been to the Jardin d'Acclimatation and now, after reading this, might want to go. What inspired this work? The French. And the Paris Agreement (Accord de Paris) - the agreement between countries regarding climate change. Plain and simple. ------- More info ------ My go-to paint brands are predominately Golden and Liquitex. Sometimes Utrecht, Blick and Sennelier creep in there, too. The brushes used are whatever is hanging around not covered in paint. I also use a lot of cotton cloths to blend the paint around. Oh, yes, and my trusty spatula knife. Almost all of my paintings are finished off with my own painting-framing technique, which allows the paintings to be hung without frames. The process is organic, with me putting a lot of Payne's gray in the palm of my hands, and then palming the color around the sides of the painting - bleeding over the edge a bit - so the sides of the painting are black. Payne's gray was the first paint I used to do this, and it's sort of a good luck thing. I like to think that the luck is passed onto whomever is looking at the paintings. The buyers who have decided to have my work frame, tend to use floating frames. I'm a published novelist. I've written 4 novels (translated into 14 languages). But I love painting more. (Between January and April of 2017, I have painted over 75 paintings - large and small). My novels were deemed funny and people wrote that my stories brought them great pleasure and happiness. I hope that my paintings will do the same. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Sarah To read more about the inspiration for some of my paintings (new stories are added often), please visit my online gallery at: http://sarahgilbertfox.com

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:48 W x 36 H x 1.5 D in

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