Omer Faidherbe: your host and creator of Isis Campsite in the Cevennes 🙂 Here are some of his works
Other paintings are on display in the barn (campsite bar) and the chapel
WATERCOLOURS
November 2011: RELEASE OF HIS BOOK “Les Plus Belles Fleurs Sauvages des Causses & Cévennes” (The most beautiful wild flowers of the Causses and Cevennes)
Painter Omer Faidherbe takes you on a journey to the heart of the flora of the Causses and Cevennes. From the valleys to the summits of the Aigoual or Mont Lozère, via the various Causses in the region, take a stroll and discover or rediscover this magnificent world of wild flowers. A botanical book about this region, where he chose to live over 50 years ago, was his wish! Now it’s come true, for the pleasure of your eyes. These watercolours invite you to dream. May the author’s love of beauty guide you on this enchanted walk through the heart of this generous country!
You can consult this beautiful book at the campsite reception desk 🙂
OILS
Omer FAIDHERBE presented by the writer André CHANSON of the French Academy in 1964
“Certain countries, certain regions, certain corners of the world, are chosen lands for the painter. There are many of them and they fertilise each other. They help each other to give shape to the landscape. They discover new aspects thanks to the work of those who came before them. This is the case in Ile de France, Brittany and Provence. Other regions, on the other hand, leave the painter to his solitude. He has to invent and discover everything for himself. That’s what happens in the Cevennes, when you’re a latecomer to the world of shapes and colours.
This work of discovery can be the work of an artist who was born in the region and has deep roots there.
Or – as the history of the arts shows us in its many examples – it may be the work of a foreigner who has deliberately chosen to make the region his own. They can bring a fresh eye, a more vibrant sensibility.
This is the case of Omer Faidherbe, born in the painter’s country of Belgium and rooted in the land of the Cevennes by the ties of a new family and nourishing fields. He was able to see the highlands of our country, the combes of the Aigoual and Lozère, their erratic boulders, their springs hidden in the grass, with a singular acuity. He understands the geological tranquillity. His images reveal the secrets of what R.L. Stevenson called the “Cevennes of the Cevennes”.
