We had followed signs (located in a very small country French village) to Jean's studio a week earlier, but he was not there, though we spoke with his wife and identified two paintings we were interested in purchasing. Despite my limited French and she not knowing any English, I was able to communicate to her that we would be back. Sure enough, a week later we returned and Jean was there to greet us. We chose to purchase one of his highly textured paintings (poorly photographed here) and I thoroughly enjoyed trying to understand his painting process. It was a heartfelt exchange and I wanted to spend 2 hours with him (with an interpreter!). Hopefully, some day I will be able to meet up with him again. Jean was very generous and we had a great time together.