“In 1900, Martin acquired property in Labastide-du-Vert, a small village in France’s Midi-Pyrenées region. On the thirty acres of land stood a large seventeenth-century manor named Marquayrol, a place Martin would enjoy as a summer residence and the setting for many of his greatest pictures. The artist wrote of this period as a turning point in his career: ‘My preoccupation with rendering atmospheric effects increased later, after three months in the country, face to face with nature. Trying to capture its diverse effects, I was compelled to paint it differently. The natural light, now brilliant, then diffuse, which softened the contours of figures and landscape, powerfully obliged me to translate it any way I could, but other than using a loaded brush through pointillé and the breaking up of tone’ (quoted in Eden Close at Hand: The Paintings of Henri Martin (exhibition catalogue), Anderson Galleries, Beverly Hills, 2005, p. 26).”
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At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 
I really love the soft colors in this one. It is a beautiful painting.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Sheila. 🙂🌺
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How interesting — and understandable — that a painter would experience some of the same difficulties that nature photographers do. I couldn’t help thinking of the difficulties involved in photographing in rapidly changing light when I read, “The natural light, now brilliant, then diffuse, which softened the contours of figures and landscape, powerfully obliged me to translate it any way I could.”
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Thanks for adding your thoughts, Linda. 🙂🌺
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How beautiful, the scene and the depiction, and the evoking of further meaning by the title. In springtime it is easy to be in love with lambs, the light-filled atmosphere, and people. I love this so much. Thank you!
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I am happy you enjoy this, GretchenJoanna. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙂🌺
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