Artwork – Page 6 – Claudie Lemoine

The Famous Praying Hands

the-famous-praying-hands

Oil on canvas
50cm x 30cm
Artwork ~ Commission ~ People ~ Sold ~
A lady wanted this reproduction of the “Praying Hands” for a friend's birthday, which was just around the corner. When I showed her my version of it, she decided to keep it for herself. This painting is made with only three colours.
R 2500

The Charging Lion

charging-lion

Oil on canvas
89cm x 70cm
Artwork ~ Nature ~ Sold ~ South Africa ~
This is my first animal painting! It dawned on me to transfer my image of such a wild action onto canvas, while reflecting a spiritual dimension.
R 16000

Hats of the 1930s Series – 3

hats-of-the-1930s-series-3

Oil on canvas
20cm x 50cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ France ~ Still Life ~
One of my aunts was a “Modeliste”, which is French for hat maker. Imagine the ecstatic feeling of a little girl entering her aunts home full of feathers, ribbons, laces and hats by the hundreds! The smell, the touch, the adventure in the middle of it all while she sat behind her old Singer machine putting the finishing touches on some hats for her clients.
R 1900

Hats of the 1930s Series – 2

hats-of-the-1930s-series-2

Oil on canvas
20cm x 50cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ France ~ Still Life ~
One of my aunts was a “Modeliste”, which is French for hat maker. Imagine the ecstatic feeling of a little girl entering her aunts home full of feathers, ribbons, laces and hats by the hundreds! The smell, the touch, the adventure in the middle of it all while she sat behind her old Singer machine putting the finishing touches on some hats for her clients.
R 1900

Hats of the 1930s Series – 1

hats-of-the-1930s-Series-1

Oil on canvas
20cm x 50cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ France ~ Still Life ~
One of my aunts was a “Modeliste”, which is French for hat maker. Imagine the ecstatic feeling of a little girl entering her aunts home full of feathers, ribbons, laces and hats by the hundreds! The smell, the touch, the adventure in the middle of it all while she sat behind her old Singer machine putting the finishing touches on some hats for her clients.
R 1900

Gecko Under Sun Ray

gecko-under-sun-ray

Oil on canvas
50cm x 50cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Nature ~ South Africa ~
In the Karoo desert were I lived for a few years, it was fascinating to see large numbers of these little reptiles at night turning on the wall under the outside light. Their skin is literally transparent so it gave me the inspiration to paint it in a more natural environment, first with charcoal then with oil, to get this translucent effect of its little body.
R 4500

Red Pomegranates and Blue Sea

red-pomagranates-and-blue-sea

Oil on canvas
30cm x 62cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Still Life ~
Came a time when I could not stop painting Pomegranates. What is better than with contrasting colours like the sea knowing that this fruit rather likes a hot environment? Here they are like brothers and sisters waiting to take a dive and roll on the sand!
R 2800

Reflection of a Lavender Mountain

morning-reflection

Oil on canvas
42cm x 58cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Landscape ~ South Africa ~
When I went to do an exhibition in Tulbagh, I had to install my paintings very early that day and as the morning sun was still pinkish, it tinted the still silent mountains around with a lilac and lavender colour. With the sun's rays just touching the green fields, my artist eye could not escape the tranquility of their reflection in the water!
R 4200

Hidden Mountain Farm in Tulbagh

landscape

Oil on canvas
35cm x 67cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Landscape ~ South Africa ~
The beauty of life in this painting lifts up the contrast between the greenery and the dry mountainside surrounding the farm. Every year more buildings pop up and life increases where before no life was.
R 4300

Hermanus Cliff Path in Spring

hermanus-cliff-path-in-spring

Oil and sand on canvas
35cm x 50cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Landscape ~ South Africa ~
This place could not escape being painted! Every week it has a different colour. So to give a more definite texture to the painting I used river sand to build the rockery and oil paint for the vegetation. This one is my sculpture painting.
R 4300

Hats Country Style

hat-series

Oil on canvas
51cm x 26cm ea
Artwork ~ Available ~ France ~ Still Life ~
When I was visiting my family in France, as little girls do, my sister and I enjoyed trying on all the hats we could find. So was born my hat collection on canvas.
R 1500 ea

Fruitful Pomegranate Exposed

fruitfulness

Oil on canvas
50cm x 50cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Still Life ~
Having lived for a few years in the Sahara, I learned the value of this fruit; so easily available there with figs and dates. The transparency of the red grains attracted my brushes and you have it now magnified for your pleasure.
R 5600

A Medieval Classic French Door

french-portic

Oil on canvas board
35cm x 28cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ France ~ Landscape ~
How intriguing is such a massive door in a corner? A challenge to get the perspective right and the vegetation luxurious! In Bordeaux the stones used are mostly lime stone which can give an old but classy effect.
R 2400

Foret au Couteau

foret-au-couteau

Oil on canvas
50cm x 40cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ Landscape ~
My son was fascinated by the fact that one can paint, not always with a brush, but also with a palette knife. This painting is the result of our discussion.
R 2800

Lively Yellow Bubbles in the Light

colours-in-bBubbles-2

Oil on canvas
40cm x 40cm
Artwork ~ Available ~
Once 'Blue Bubbles' was done, I gladly went to paint more of them but this time the light came from the bulb above me and contributed to this sharp flashiness on them. Does it not remind you of certain things in life coming, flashing and going again?
R 1900

Lively Blue Bubbles in the Light

colours-in-bubbles

Oil on canvas
40cm x 40cm
Artwork ~ Available ~
Why do I look for challenges like this? To paint such a lively item you have to exercise your memory! Bubbles don’t stand still in the air waiting for you to paint them! These reflected the blue light of the sky behind me.
R 1900

Inviting Stoep in Volmoed

Oil on canvas
43cm x 44cm
Artwork ~ Available ~ South Africa ~ Still Life ~
As I grew up in a Plant Nursery, these pots on the stoep of a peaceful retreat attracted my brushes, so much so that they nearly painted all on their own! In finishing it, my art mentor revealed that the pointed pot came from her grand-mother a long time ago . .
R 2200