I've included a few pages here. I'm very attracted to the simplicity of Matisse and especially to his paper cut out phase. He began to do these when he was too ill to paint. Amazing stuff.
Coincidentally, when I found this in the library I had been working out a painting in my mind that would include the Matisse's Chapelle of the Rosary in Vence especially the blue roof and very simple campanile, tiled roofs of the village, and the Mediterranean in the distance. I have tried to do these hilltop villages before without success so am curious to see if I can make it work this time.
