André Dubreuil

Artist André Dubreuil has devoted 20 years to the meticulous restoration of his family's grand 18th-century chateau. 

When I am surrounded by beauty, whether it’s in nature or with objects, that’s when I am at my happiest... When I am here, I never want to leave, he says as he heads down a tree-lined driveway to the 18th-century estate.

Well, I would also be chained to the place if I were he. Sigh, swoon and suspire...

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Longing for Babylonstoren...

After pouring over photos from the past year, I came across these of a visit to Babylonstoren last winter. What a place! Must get my fix soon...

A Winter Landscape

Beautiful, aren't they? 

By artist, Martin Beek...

The winter landscapes began in late October. They are often based around Ipsden or Oxfordshire locations, most were drawn in or near to my car on the way to work. They are often bleak open places, influenced by Graham Sutherland's etchings or Rembrandt's small landscapes, they are bisected by the page divide...

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Farming never looked so glamorous...

Believe it or not, this is the Agriculture Museum in Városliget, Budapest...

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Merry Christmahanakwanzika

Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves

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Unruffled

Photographed by Beppe Brancato for Casa Vogue...

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