View of the Pyrenees

A cabinet medical, or a Cabernet?

Les bottes bio. In French, Bottes are boots, but are also bales of hay, or straw.

A Gascon in Paris. Forget the black dress, she has a black chicken!

Someone is enjoying his games of boules more than he should.

The shepherds of Bordeaux have taken something out of the winegrowers book and automated their shearing. A grape plucking machine has been adapted to shear sheep.

All for one... and one for all. The gascons, their culture, their cuisine, their traditions, all in one. On the square of Lupiac, the birthplace of d'Artagnan.

We all know ‘The Laughing cow’ cheese. It’s literally translated from the French brand ‘La vache qui rit’. This cow prefers playing the game of quille, a type of skittles played in SW France.

Le Petit Pellehaut is where the wine tasting is done at the Domaine de Pellehaut. One of the best wines in the region. It is also the name of their new Bag-in-Box wine selection, illustrated by Perry. Available as a print and on canvas. Canvas reproductions are 4cm deep, come with a hanging cord and take around 10 days to deliver. 

Planet Gascogne, a green planet in harmony with nature, lost in time. A drawing full of fun details and lots of beautiful villages of the Gers. Available as a print and on canvas. Canvas reproductions are 4cm deep, come with a hanging cord and take around 10 days to deliver. 

Below the chateau of Lavardens, half way through a long day of bringing in the wheat, the farmers gather to eat a well-earned lunch in the shade of the trees.

Granny (a rugby fan) shouts "Mark!" when she catches the ball, kicked from the rugby ground.

Tè ! is gascon for Tiens ! a greeting that roughly translates as “Here!”, or “Look!”  Thé is French for tea and sounds almost the same.

Hunting, shooting and fishing are this Gascon's daily bread.   Shoot first, ask the neighbours for dinner afterwards. His white van, rifle and dog are never far away.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

Got a question about life, mushrooms and the universe? Ask Super Papi. Comes equiped with creaky knees and his own pocket knife.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

Like a real super hero, Mamie is the guardian of all that is good in the world. Especially her own recipe for foie gras. Her knowledge and experience will be conserved in a jar, while stocks last.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

The youngest generation wants to help crush the grapes.

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

The Queen plucks the fruit of the summer, ready to make wine.

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

The King of the vineyards prunes his vines before winter

A gascon playing card design. Not a poker face between them!

Ah, Nature, miles from everything…  no noise…  no stress…   hmm, no signal…

Dancing her way back from the market.

Quille de neuf, or Quille d'un oeuf ?

Quille is a skittle game played in South West France, very similar to those played in the UK. The nine 'quilles' can be knocked down in different formations to win different points. These ducks have created their own version. I hope the egg is hard boiled!

In gascony, the time seems to go slower. More time to enjoy the pleasures of life.

To each their own task. 

These old rugby players have joined up years after their last match together. The old scrum-half feed them the beer as he did the ball, all those years ago.

Playing on the phrase ‘Elevé en plain air’, which means 'raised free range'. This happy duck is being raised in a Gers landscape. 

A fete lunch can take its toll, if one doesn’t pace onself. This chap has obviously had too much ‘apéro’, wine and armagnac.

A tisane is an infusion, often herbal tea. This waiter is providing his happy customer with an armagnac, infused with the flavour and colour of the oak vat.

The Gascon landscape like a quilt on a bed. Pillows for the Pyrenees. Sleep tight, mes amis.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

"All that Jazz" is a well-known standard, but when we're at Jazz in Marciac, we are surrounded by "All that Gers"...

ATTENTION. Big game hunting in progress…

A word play on confrérie, which means 'brotherhood', creates brother of the 'con'

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

Grandpa Gonzales is taking no risks, in his old Renault 4, en route for the village.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

These two amis in their Amis 6 and Amis 8, have stopped for a chat.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.