are painters; that is, they are the most lively
observers of what passes in the world about them,
and the closest observers of what passes
in their own heads."
William Hazlitt, "The pleasure of painting" (1821)
PAYSAGES DE BRETAGNE ET DE NORMANDIE
"When you think of France, you imagine at first the castels,
the French Style Gardens with sculptures, centennial trees,
bushes of flowers, then the large fields covered with wheat,
sunflowers, lavenders, and finally the shores and the sea.
The shores of France offer a wide variety of images.
Some disappear at the feet of huge cliffs, like in Étretat,
others are covered with hundreds of umbrellas like in Deauville.
You also have the large sandy beaches of Normandy, the huge
tides of the Mont Saint Michel, unique and wild,as untouched by humanity.
