Join Us in France · Sunday, July 19, 2026
During her art retreat in Noyers, Julie Lynch, an Australian artist, created abstract Burgundy landscapes using a gel plate. This was a departure from her usual work focusing on Australian flora and birds, and she found the experience of painting the French countryside inspiring.
“So what we did, and it's funny because the group of us, you know, as I said, we're from kindergarten, I'm actually the only artist in the group. One is a social worker. One has been a banker. One is a nurse. The other lady is actually a potter, so she is an artist.”
“So I worked off what's called a gel plate, and I created what I described as abstract Burgundy landscapes. I've never been to Burgundy, this was my fourth… No, it was my third time in France, I'd spent time in the south of France and time in Paris, and, you know, driven up through the center of the south of France to Paris, but I'd never been in Burgundy, and I thought it was really breathtaking.”