For ten years Michael Richardson Fine Art has been organising painting holidays for groups up to 40 artists on a non-tutored basis mainly for professional or serious amateur plein air painters. Transport is normally by modern air-conditioned motor coach with assembly at or near one of the UK channel ports for the crossing to Europe. The events are run by Kate Borg as the tour manager who has fifteen years experience as a courier and tour guide.
Past venues include Amsterdam, Paris, Honfleur, Dinan, Brugges, Fecamp Saumur and St Valery-sur-Somme and the Ile de Re.
If you are involved with a painting society or group and would like an estimate for a holiday tailored to your requirements please write to us through the contact page.
Brittany and Normandy 2012
Saturday June 23rd to Monday July 2nd 2012
Sailing from Portsmoutrh to St Malo overnight and returning from Cherbourg to Portsmouth with Brittany Ferries fast service the Wapping Group of Artists and friends will paint in St Malo, Douarnenez, Concarneau, Quimper, Cancale, Normandy Beaches, Port en Bassin and Bayeux which will provide ten days of painting opportunities with a wide range of subject matter. A charming hotel with pool will provide a wonderful base for most of the period. Altogether not to be missed. Please contact me through my contact page for more details!
Holidays in 2011
Saumur, Loire June 22 to July 1st 2011.
Sailing from Portsmouth to Caen and painting in Honfleur for a couple of days before going on to the Loire. Staying in a fabulous hotel on the banks of the Loire and in the shadow of the Chateau above it is indeed a dream location! There will be a short stop at Ouistreham before returning on the high speed ferry to Portsmouth on July 1st.
Please use the contact form for more details!
Dinan 2010
Dinan June 11th-17th. Cold at times for the time of year but overall everyone had a great time. A brand new Volvo motor coach was put into commission for the trip by Carol Peters with reclining aircraft style seats and climate control. The informal exhibition at the end of the week contained over three hundred paintings by twenty-five artists and the quality was of an astonishingly high standard. Subjects included landscapes of the River Rance and surrounding countryside as well as more intimate scenes of cafes, city squares, promenades, fishermen's stalls, lighthouses. There were even a few portraits, one of which was voted "painting of the show".
Trevor Chamberlain (left) and Michael Richardson (centre) coping with windy conditions in St Malo
Trevor painting in more comfortable and pleasant surroundings in Canacale, Britanny.
