Each offering begins at the easel. Shaped inside a working studio, these sessions are made for artists who think with their hands those drawn to gesture, to grounding, to the slowness of craft. Whether you join for a seasonal retreat, an extended study, or a single exchange of critique, the focus stays the same: to develop your voice through the act of doing. What’s offered here isn’t instruction it’s immersion.
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Each session opens a conversation.
Whether you’re joining for a season in the studio or exchanging letters by post, each offering invites a different kind of presence. Click below to explore how each session unfolds, and where it might take you.
Painted in Practice
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Handwritten critique letters
Thoughtful feedback, delivered by hand. For artists seeking quiet, considered insight, Crits by Post offers a return to slow correspondence. Submit a small selection of recent works (up to three per submission) digital or physical and receive a handwritten response from Junié, sent directly to your door. These letters include personal impressions, questions, and compositional notes sometimes with small sketches or references meant to guide your next steps. All critiques are shipped via tracked international courier (DHL), carefully packaged for safe delivery worldwide.
Format: Remote critique by mail
Delivery: Handwritten post via DHL
Frequency: Year round availability
POSTMARKED
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Seasonal painting retreat with travel
A two-week retreat designed for painters who want to reset their practice away from routine. Each season brings a new location Provence, Corsica, the Camargue and new scenes to study. The retreat includes shared accommodation, guided painting time, and peer feedback in a quiet, supportive rhythm.
Format: 2 week immersive retreat
Location: Rotating seasonal sites
Frequency: Seasonal (Spring, Summer, Autumn)
The Quiet Ground
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Private long-term mentorship
This one-on-one mentorship is for figurative painters seeking personal, long-term growth. It includes monthly private critiques, structured development sessions, and tailored assignments based on the artist’s strengths, questions, and practice. Sessions are conducted virtually or in-studio depending on availability.
Format: Ongoing (minimum 6-month commitment)
Location: Online or in-studio
Frequency: Rolling admission
The Portrait Study
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In-person workshops in Provence
Junié hosts small group painting workshops in her personal studio space just outside Aix en Provence. These 3 week sessions are immersive, hands-on, and rooted in traditional techniques of observation, raw ground, and material restraint. Each group includes no more than six painters to allow for individual focus and shared critique. Studio tools and refreshments are provided. Instruction is personal, not prescriptive.
Format: 3 week group workshop
Location: Provence, France
Frequency: Twice per year
The Open Studio
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— ÉTIENNE ROCHER
“I kept it wrapped for a week before hanging it. Not out of hesitation but reverence. There’s something in the texture that feels older than me, like it’s been passed down. My daughter asked me why the woman looked away. I told her, maybe because she already knew we were watching.”
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— MARLENE DUFOUR
“I didn’t plan to buy anything. I came for the wine and stayed for that one canvas in the corner. It wasn’t meant to be the centerpiece, but it became one in my home. There’s a loneliness to it but a warm one. Like the memory of someone who once loved you without question.”
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— JULES FAVRE
“Everyone kept asking what it meant. I didn’t have an answer, which felt right. Some things speak better in silence. It’s become a kind of mirror in the house changing slightly every time I pass. I think that’s what I like most. It never asks to be understood.”
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A grounded title that feels intimate and instructional like a behind-the-scenes walkthrough of how each offering unfolds. It speaks to Junié’s studio roots, her hands-on process, and the practical nature of each service. It avoids anything abstract or flowery while still aligning with her artist identity.
Inside the Studio
Participants arrive on-site at the studio near Aix en Provence, where they begin a three week programme focused on observation, technique, and material grounding. Each week includes structured studio time, instructor-led exercises, and group critique. Individual guidance is given daily, based on the painter’s current direction and goals. Tools and refreshments are provided on site. Accommodation is arranged independently. Painters leave with a body of work, notes from critique, and recommendations for continued study.
The Open Studio
After securing a place in the workshop, each painter receives a pre-session packet with location details, materials list, and session outline.
Each month includes one private critique session (online or in-studio), guided assignments, and regular email check-ins. Sessions are scheduled based on mutual availability and designed around the painter’s medium, goals, and schedule. Mentees receive personal development tracking and optional prompts or readings throughout the mentorship. While the minimum commitment is six months, many artists choose to continue longer based on their growth and project trajectory.
The Portrait Study
Following an initial consultation call, accepted mentees begin a structured programme tailored to their practice.
Each two-week session takes place in a different French location—such as Corsica, the Camargue, or Provence—chosen for its light, tone, and environment. The group stays together in shared accommodation, with painting sessions scheduled daily in both indoor and outdoor settings. Each day includes silent observation time, studio practice, and informal peer feedback. All meals are included. Participants are encouraged to disconnect from routine and focus solely on practice, reflection, and creative restoration. No prior retreat experience is required.
The Quiet Ground
Painters who join this seasonal retreat are sent a full itinerary, materials list, and travel information in advance.
Each submission is reviewed personally by Junié, who writes a detailed, handwritten letter in response. The letter includes practical feedback, technical notes, and guidance on composition, clarity, and process. Where helpful, small sketches or markups are included. All critiques are packaged securely and shipped worldwide via tracked DHL courier. Response times vary by volume, but most critiques are completed and shipped within two weeks of receiving the work.
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To request a critique, artists submit up to three recent works, either in digital format or by post.
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Submit Your Work
This opportunity is extended to both current students and independent artists whose work reflects a dedicated studio practice. Artists are invited to submit a completed painting finished, framed or unframed, and ready to hang for consideration.
From the pool of submissions, a small number are selected to be featured in a week-long solo showcase held in Junié’s private gallery in Provence. These exhibitions are intentionally intimate, offering selected artists the space to share their work with collectors, fellow painters, and members of the public in a setting rooted in quiet focus and thoughtful dialogue.
There is no fee to submit or participate. Selected artists will be given full use of the space during their scheduled showcase week, with support provided for exhibition setup and optional artist statements. These events serve not only as a platform for visibility, but as a continued gesture of belief in the painter’s process affirming that great work deserves to be seen, not stored.
Submissions are accepted only during March and September each year.
The Provenance File
Twice per year, Junié opens her studio doors to emerging and established painters through a curated submission call.
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Read Her Full Bio
I was born just beyond the vineyard walls of Château La Coste, where sculpture fields and silence shaped my earliest sense of form. I work primarily in oil, pigment, and pencil always on raw ground, always by hand. My practice moves at the pace of interruption: the quiet between ideas, the tension before execution. I focus on portraiture, though not always in the way people expect. Sometimes it’s the subject I remember. Sometimes just the shadow they left behind.
Today, I live and work in Provence surrounded by unfinished canvases, ashtrays, and the kind of light that doesn’t ask for attention.
A practice shaped by place, pigment, and restraint.
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Get in Touch
However you arrive, this is the place to start the conversation. Junié reads every message herself, and replies with care.
Every artist finds their way in differently. Maybe it’s a quiet letter in the post. Maybe it’s a season spent in the studio, or a return to the figure after years away.
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