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Paint and hang where Leoma Lovegrove is an impressionist-expressionist
painter known worldwide for her vivid colorful
paintings. Leoma is a graduate of Florida's prestigious
Ringling School of Art and makes her home and
international headquarters on Matlacha Island. Every
Monet, Bonnard, VanGogh, Manet,
Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Sisley,
Toulouse-Lautrec hung out!
year she greets thousands of visitors where Leoma is
inspired to paint with endless creativity. She loves the
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Matlacha Island and is currently the President of the
Matlacha Island Chamber of Commerce and promotes
tourism to the Sunshine state. In the United States
her works are represented in numerous galleries.
More recently, Bealls Florida Department Stores is
featuring her as their Florida artist under the designer
label Leoma Lovegrove complete with her trademark
eye glasses. In Atlanta, Georgia, her portrait of Jimmy
Carter hangs in his Presidential Library. Her art is in
the private collection of the White House in
Washington, DC and in President George W. Bush’s
Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas. Lovegrove was
honored at an artist’s reception in the White House
given by First Lady, Laura Bush. Her artwork has also
graced the windows at Rockefeller Center in New
York City.
Internationally, Lovegrove was commissioned to paint
a portrait of Richard Branson for the Virgin Airlines
Headquarters in London. Her Beatles Series drew the
attention of the city of Liverpool. This past year, she
was the first American to paint on the replica of
Claude Monet's floating studio in Giverny, France, and
she was honored to be the first American artist to
have an exhibition in the famous Pierre Bonnard
Maison de Pierre Bonnard
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Art Colony Giverny
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Guest Instructor:
Leoma lovegrove
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Paint with leoma in
Monet’s GardenS & ABOARD
MONET’S FLOATING STUDIO
ALONG THE RIVER SEINE
MAY 16 - 23, 2015
DA I LY I T I N E R A R Y S A M P L I N G (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Each day in Giverny begins with a Normandy breakfast buffet
Day 1
You arrive in the village of Giverny and check in at Le Moulin des Chennevieres. It is a fairytale B & B situated just down the creek
from Monet's water lily pond. Gerard and Stephanie are the proprietors. It is very Normandy and very French. You will feel like you
are living in an impressionist painting. After lunch and a brief orientation we will do a walk through of Monet's Gardens and water lily
pond with the famous Japanese bridge.
Day 2
A day in Giverny. After morning coffee we go paint in Monet's Gardens! Then it's off to the Ancien Hotel Baudy (say bow-di). It is a
must stop for anyone making a pilgrimage to visit Monet's life. It is where many famous impressionist painters stayed when visiting
Monet. We will be painting in the gardens behind the Baudy just like impressionist painters have been doing for a hundred years.
Day 3
A day in Les Andelys. We will be traveling north up the Seine river valley to a little medieval village called Les Andelys. It was a
favorite village of the impressionists to paint and still is today. The white chalk cliffs and the imposing King Richard's Castle looming
above the town make it one of the most picturesque villages in Normandy.
Day 4
Monet's bateau. The day will be spent painting on a replica of Monet's floating studio. Captain Bertrand Vautibault built the bateau
(boat) for artists to paint in just like Monet did. He and his wife Danielle will be our hosts. They will serve tea for a meet and greet at
their house where Monet's bateau is moored. It is also the house where Pierre Bonnard (a famous impressionist painter) lived.
Day 5
Vernon and La Roche Guyon. We go to a real Normandy outdoor market in Vernon. It's like going back in time. There are two
markets every week where everybody goes to get their groceries. In the afternoon we head to La Roche Guyon. This was another
favorite of the impressionists. There is a massive chateau tucked into the cliffs of the Seine river bank. Rommel made his
headquarters in this chateau during WW II.
Day 6
Auvers-sur-Oise. We go to what Leoma lovingly refers to as Van Gogh-ville. Here Van Gogh spent the last seventy days of his life. We
will visit the Auberge Ravoux Inn where he stayed. During this time Van Gogh painted eighty of his masterpieces. The village has set
up replicas of his paintings where he actually painted them. We will visit the sites of some of his more well known paintings.
Day 7
Lavacourt. In the morning we will head to Lavacourt, another picturesque village on the banks of the Seine. And another favorite of
the impressionists. Monet lived here for a short time before he moved to Giverny.
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Art by Leoma Lovegrove / Giverny Collection
Trip insurance is highly recommended and health insurance is mandatory
Day 8
Saturday, May 23
Paris day trip. Get up for early morning train to Paris to visit impressionist museums. We go to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. This is the
museum dedicated to French impressionism. It has the largest collection of impressionist paintings in the world including originals from all
the major impressionist painters. Then we walk to Musee de l'Orangerie which houses eight huge water lily panels on canvas that Monet
donated to France before he died. Then a special treat. We go to the Parisian apartment of one of Leoma's fans for a Champagne send off.
We return to Giverny late evening. Day 9
Sunday, May 24
Sadly, depart for home.