Artist's Magazine - USA (2020-05)

12 Artists Magazine May 2020

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Therearemanysourcesofinformationonbargetravelonanyofseveral

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andtheCanalduNivernais.EmmaJames-Aldridge,CEOofHotelsAfloat

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thesearch,choosinglevelsofserviceandmakinganeventualbooking.

ThehotelbargeLuciole(bargeluciole.com)canbebookeddirectly

throughitsowner(PennyLiley)ascananyoftheotherfull-service

vessels,suchastheAthos(athosdumidi.com),whichpliestheCanal

duMidiintheLanguedocprovinceofsouthernFrance.

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modeoftravelaffords.Thegeolog-

icalconditionofthevalleys,cutby

themeanderingRiverYonne,isof

limestoneescarpments,producing

anoftenprecipitoustopographyon

bothsidesofthewaterway.Rounding

a bendintherivermayreveala small

townperchedona hillorhuggingthe

sideofa cliffatthewater’sedge.

Mystrategyforcapturingallof

thisastheboatmovedforwardwasto

draw,witha fewlinesofgraphiteor

gesturesofpaint,themajorshapes,

onwhichI couldelaboratelater.From

thesereferencesinmysketchbook,

I thendevelopedlargerpaintings

eitherthatsameday,oncewewere

moored,orathome,weekslater.

Stephen Harby is an architect,

watercolorist, former faculty member

of the Yale School of Architecture and

founder of Stephen Harby Invitational,

which organizes travel opportunities for

small groups.

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