Tour de France 2015: Stage 15 – Mende to Valence

Cycling art, Tour de France, Watercolour painting Greipel wins! Stage 15 by Maxine Dodd

Bonjour! Stage 15 pressed on through the stunning scenery beside the rivers Ardèche and Rhone towards the Alps. The conditions were hot with the Tramontane wind’s influence. In spite of the hills and climbs, there was a chance for the sprinters on the flat at the finish – really the last before Paris, so there was much to chase for the key riders. Team Katusha looked strong in the earlier part of the stage, Team Sky continued to hold their position, but the excitement came at the close, where four sprinters charged for the line. Another great performance from Andre Greipel who took the win, although the Green Jersey remained with Peter Sagan. Here are my drawings:

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Fans on the mountains

Katusha descend, Stage 15

Pink houses, Stage 15

Water please! Stage 15

Greipel wins!

Just in case you were wondering…the pictures featured here are available to buy. The Picture Information page has full details about them including; sizes, framing and prices. You can order a painting by email on maxine@maxinedodd.com
Thanks very much! 🙂

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Maxine Dodd Art

I’m a mixed media visual artist working in Leicestershire in the UK. I trained in Fine Art using different media including oils and acrylics, but my recent work reflects my love of drawn media, especially pen, ink, watercolour and pastels. My theme is movement – My subjects are varied from landscape, animals, musicians, dancers and sport, especially cycling. The unifying feature of all these subjects is that they are constantly changing – there is movement and energy everywhere.

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19/10/2015

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KorubettosHaiku

07/09/2015

Amazing paintings here, never seen the Tour de France captured in art form before (apart from photography). They really catches the colour and festivity of the event and the blur of the cyclists flying by (I have never been but I imagine once you have waited all day for the cyclists to pass by when they do they’re gone again with the wind!).

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1. Maxine Dodd, artist
  
  07/09/2015
  
  Thank you so much for your wonderful comment! Very much appreciated 😀
  
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smiller257

29/08/2015

Wow, brilliant paintings. I wish I had this talent!

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1. Maxine Dodd, artist
  
  30/08/2015
  
  Very kind, thank you very much 🙂
  
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