The Hautes-Alpes is the department of origin of my family, and more precisely the hamlet of Les Paroirs, 2km from the small town of Veynes. My mother traced my ancestors' genealogy and was able to go back to 1610, and the Blanc family was already in the hamlet, living in one of its two oldest houses.
I have spent every summer holiday there since my earliest childhood until this day.
It is a region that I have crisscrossed by car, bicycle and on foot, hiking, on the many paths leading to magnificent mountain lakes.
That's how, in 1999, I created several watercolors of my beloved mountains and the small villages and houses nestled in the valleys. I painted them from life, using my outdoor easel attached to the luggage rack of my bicycle.
I hope to share my enthusiasm for this magnificent region with you through my works.
The village of Montmaur lies to the right and north of our hamlet of Les Paroirs, about 2 km away. It is summer afternoon. The wheat fields have just been harvested. The farm nestles at the foot of the mountains.
