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The town of dreams! Everyone want to see Monaco, as it's different from anything else.It's irreal - so modern and old at the same time. Hope I have captured the atmosphere of the town.

I took these photos by night in 2007 and they are some of my favorite photos. There is so much colour, which I love. The invited guests were Brazil, and I don't think we will get a better carnival. The girls were magnifique, and were so happy to be

These are the last of my Brazilian girls! The next will be children in costume, which I loved taking photos of them. Hope you enjoy them.

These a a few more carnival photos taken at the children's carnival. I could not get over the expressions on their faces, and they were enjoying it so much. They kept asking me to take their photograph, so it was easy!

I've just put in two new paintings in pastel. One is the flower Datura and the other is the water lilly pond in Val Rahmeh. Hope you like them.

The theme last year was "India", hence the Indians, elephant, Taj Mahal etc. It was so different to the Brazilian theme, but just as lovely. This year it's "islands from around the world". I shall be there. It starts from the 16th of February to the 6th

This is my home town and so I take many photos here. The old town is very old and quaint. The colours are typical of the south of France. I will be putting in a few more as soon as I can.

A few more photos of the old town of Menton. This just gives you an idea of the atmosphere of the place. Enjoy them!

There is no way from getting away from it! I am definately a flower person, as I LOVE them. I grow them, paint them, and take photographs of them! It's just that they are so beautiful and I love beauty! I will be putting up a series of them now and again,

More flowers on the way, most of them taken in my garden.

More flowers, mostly taken with a macro lens.

Maybe you are fed up with my carnival, but this is this year's effort! There were much too many people and so difficult to take nice photographs. The highlight of the show were the Tahitians, who were fantastic. They will be shown in my next series of

These were taken at night, during the carnival at the gardens which were lit up. It was an excellent evening and the Tahitians danced for us most of the time. These people gave a sense of peace and beauty and were so nice to the public, that everyone were

These were taken at the day and night parade.

I was lucky to be able to visit Perth and its surroundings, which was one of the most interesting holidays I've had. Although this was one year ago, it's still very much in my memory. Let's say it's another world! I will be putting on quite a few, so

These are impressions of my holiday. I was facinated by the various different kinds of birds and trees there, and how the Australians live so close to nature.

Just a few photos of sceneries from Rottnest, Australia, just to give you an idea of how beautiful it is!

Aussi atmosphere, trees, animals etc. Everything that impressed me! It will go on. Hope you enjoy them.

This is a selectionn of at least 1000 photos that I took in Australia. Notice how often I take trees, as I loved them. The bush fire was a bonus, as I just happened to be there while one started! The pinicals were out of this world, but then "nature" is

These will be part of the exhibition that I will be having from the 9th of May to the 15th of June. This will be held at the garden Jardin Botanique Exotique "Val Rahmeh" in Menton. I have created an album of all the paintings that will be exhibited

These photos were taken by a friend of mine and shows the atmosphere of the exhibition last Friday. What a lovely evening we had! It couldn't have been better.

These are in my exhibition as well. The little girl is Erin Rose and what I wanted to get is the softness of her look. The other is my son Nicolas, who was very difficult, but I think he is happy with it. These two gave me a lot of pleasure to do. By the

I love taking photos of flowers and especially of roses in this artistic way. What do you think? There is such a lovely atmosphere. These were taken in my garden a little while ago.

This is the garden where I had my vernissage and the exhibition is still on. What a lovely place to be! It's magic!!!! Althought I don't know all the names of the flowers, I see the beauty in them, and for me that's what is important. Fill yourself up

Thank you all my dear friends for all these visits which give me so much pleasure. Hope I can produce more interesting paintings and photos to continue this way. It is a pleasure to be on Ipernity and to have all this contact. A BIG thank you!

As promised, I've put up more flowers from "Val Rahmeh". Hope you enjoy the variety as they come from all over the world. I've never seen such rare flowers in my life and this is why I photograph them. Enjoy!

Just a series of photographs of drops. Notice what's inside the drops. That always facinates me.

I got these photos of butterflies from my garden. What an atmosphere! The leaves are fig leaves. Funny to see them on a leaf, as they are normally on flowers.

I was chasing them again! They all come from my garden. As I have wild flowers, there are lots of different kinds, but what a lot of patience one needs!

I took these yesterday at the garden in Menton. This is the best time of the year to see the lotus in flower. What a fantastic flower. They do not last very long, so if you are around my way, please visit the garden! This is Val Rahmeh and they are also

I was not the official phoographer, so couldn't take certain important wedding photographs. These are just a few images that impressed me. I read a lot about how to take wedding photos and this gave me the opportunity to learn. I was happy with the

It was so astonished to see what beauty there was in my garden. One just has to stop and SEE. The beauty is all around us!

I was given this bunch of flowers by my nephew. There were sun flowers, roses and lilies! What a pleasure it was to see them opening up! He gave me so much happiness! Every day, there were other photographs that I saw and what beauty!

I haven't been able to put up photos recently as I have been drawing Sam. This is the first time I have used this technique since I left school. It was nice to do something different and I enjoyed doing this very much. Hope you like it!

These photos were taken 2 days ago at a garden in Italy, just accross the border from France. I only had a macro lenses and so the photos were very restricted. The atmosphere was extroadinary. I will put other photos the next time of the general outlook.

This portrait is of Liz - my twin sister. It is my next portrait in coal. I thought I would carry on, but have to do one in oil at present. It will take a lot of time, as it's a very big painting. My photography will have to take a rest as I can't do it

Irreal! Incredable the photos look irreal. They were taken on a table with their reflctions in the table. What do you think of them? I love the harmony of the colours.

I was in "La Turbie" today to see this mafnificent monument dedicated to the Roman Emperor Augustus in 6-7 B.C. by the Senate and people of Rome. It celebrates the victory of Augustus over the people of the Alps who were overcome between 25 and 14 B.C. It

These photos were taken in my garden after it rained. We hardly ever have rain where we live, so it's such a pleasure to take these photos.

I'm sorry, but I won't be able to put up any photos or paintings for a while, as I have health problems. If I do have the time and can take photos, you can be assured that I will put them up. I'm sorry about this.

This is my grandson Mahé who was born on the 25th of September. It's absolutely incredable how someone who never even existed in this world 2 months ago can be so much a part of you now! I cannot tell you all the pleasure I get from just looking at all

Thank you for all your visits to my site and I hope that it gave you pleasure. I especially thank all my ipernity friends with their feed back which means so much to me and all my friends and family who support me in my art. Hope I can carry on in a

You have to look at it in his face!

A very Happy Christmas to you all and all the best for the New Year. Happy clicking!