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New versions today 🦉❄️
09/12/2024

New versions today 🦉❄️










Making this years Christmas cards 🌲  # Christmascard
08/12/2024

Making this years Christmas cards 🌲

# Christmascard

Sky  🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🤎
29/11/2024

Sky 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🤎














The leaves are beginning to turn, the views over the valley are stunning at the moment 🌞🍁🍂♥️🐿️                          ...
27/11/2024

The leaves are beginning to turn, the views over the valley are stunning at the moment 🌞🍁🍂♥️🐿️


Autumn sunlight on the old steps at Maison D’Artiste today 🍂🍁🌞
27/11/2024

Autumn sunlight on the old steps at Maison D’Artiste today 🍂🍁🌞

Christmas pudding steaming on the fire on Stir up Sunday 🌲🍁🍂
26/11/2024

Christmas pudding steaming on the fire on Stir up Sunday 🌲🍁🍂



Blackberry the cat came to visit the studio today. 1. Sunset 2. Sea                                                     ...
28/10/2024

Blackberry the cat came to visit the studio today.
1. Sunset
2. Sea


Early this morning
15/10/2024

Early this morning



















Some of you may know that I used to make my living as a painter before coming to France. I don’t often put my work up on...
13/10/2024

Some of you may know that I used to make my living as a painter before coming to France.
I don’t often put my work up on Instagram as to be honest I haven’t had much time with all the renovations and and the running of Maison D’Artiste, but it feels like it’s time to invest a bit more of me in making things again, so here goes…
I’m going to be putting my work up here from time to time to encourage me to get back to it!
If you’d like one, they are £30 each + p/p
Feel free to DM me or comment below.

These are my latest pieces, inspired by the flowers we grow in the gardens around the houses:

1. Cornflowers from the garden
2. Oak and ash
3. Blue thistles from the field garden
4. Blackbird

Lino cut, papercut collage, with French Histoire De Brigitte and paint.
Approx 14 x 22cm on torn edged, textured, hand made Indian paper.



Maison D’Artiste this evening.It’s going to be a warm October week! 🌞                                                   ...
13/10/2024

Maison D’Artiste this evening.
It’s going to be a warm October week! 🌞








In the studio today making collages from paper cutouts, linocuts, old books and paintwork.   The first four will be avai...
13/10/2024

In the studio today making collages from paper cutouts, linocuts, old books and paintwork.
The first four will be available for sale at £30 each plus postage.
Will post them up later today…. Just cutting some fresh flowers to put on the table in Maison D’Artiste first for some lovely guests arriving later 🌸🌺
Hope you’re all having a nice Sunday 🌞

Walking up at the high point today. This is where my father the painter Bernard Barnes painted his picture last week. Th...
29/09/2024

Walking up at the high point today.
This is where my father the painter Bernard Barnes painted his picture last week.
The fields are full of dead thistles on the way up, crickets everywhere. You can see for miles from the top.

Photos from the drive today….
24/09/2024

Photos from the drive today….

The three trees at the high point near our house. One of our favourite places to sit. By Bernard Barnes  Bernard is pain...
19/09/2024

The three trees at the high point near our house. One of our favourite places to sit.
By Bernard Barnes
Bernard is painting here all week at The Rustic Retreat.



We have an artist in residence for the next couple of weeks at our house. My brilliant Dad Bernard Barnes  has just star...
16/09/2024

We have an artist in residence for the next couple of weeks at our house.
My brilliant Dad Bernard Barnes has just started a painting of our house.
This is day 2….
Will keep you updated as it progresses. He’s been doing lots of drawings of the area too, say hello if you see him in St Antonin with his easel.

From the cliff viewing point above St Antonin this morning, with the town below.  Maison D’Artiste is at the top of the ...
10/09/2024

From the cliff viewing point above St Antonin this morning, with the town below.
Maison D’Artiste is at the top of the cliff so we have fantastic views over the valley below.
We have some space left this September from 13-28.
Reduction available as they are our last dates (4 night min stay)
DM me for more info 🍁🦌🌞🌸










This evening fro the lane (no filters)
07/09/2024

This evening fro the lane (no filters)



Summer fun down at the river, canoeing and jumping of the rock at Robinsons…                     #                      ...
26/08/2024

Summer fun down at the river, canoeing and jumping of the rock at Robinsons…


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