Secret Garden Painting

My native region, Ardèche, France, inspiring me to make this painting. I love this region, with the nature, beautiful landscape, mountains, river, flower and great forests. I come back in Ardèche for relaxation and recharching my batterie far away from city and stressfull. I have painted with knife technique for the background to illustrate the nature and the river. Then, I used brush to make some dynamic line. I glued gold foil to express the importance of this region to me and the great emotional value for me. Lastly, I have added some "flowers" with my brush and ink to express the flora of this region. The Ardèche region is very important to me, that what i wanted to show here, I hope you feel too.