Art for Interiors Designers, Architects and Collectors

Jan Olaf Willums Collection Provence, France "I love art and I love to have artists stay and create while living at Mas des Graviers. In 1996 I discovered the sculptures of Shona Nunan and invited her and her husband, Michael Cartwright, also an artist, to come and live and work at the Mas. Their relaxed and creative approach to the commissions I ordered made the process an enjoyable and easy one, from designing our wine labels together over dinner to the sourcing of local bronze foundries for casting the sculptures and then the final installations. Shona and Michael, through their dedicated and collaborative approach to Art with the collector, have gone onto larger projects around the world, and I am happy to have been part of that progress." Jan Olaf Willums Art Collector
"One day we were having lunch with our photographer in Melbourne, Australia when we stated we desperately needed to get away and experience a new country, preferably France...... We arrived home after the lunch to find a fax waiting for us from our Gallery in Hong Kong (Sandra Walters Galley). They had had a collector drop into the gallery saw our work and invited us to his Mas in Provence to work for three months........we said YES
The Collection

the collection at Mas des Graviers

Reflection, by Shona Nunan One of the works commissioned during the stay at the Mas des Graviers	The Three Shades by Shona Nunan Commissioned by Jan Olaf Willums during the stay at the Mas. The work was cast in a foundry in Lautrec
Farmer, by Shona Nunan a bronze work purchased during a later visit to the Mas. The work was created and cast in Australia.	Young Boy Playing, by Michael Cartwright bronze, created at the Mas
Dream by Shona Nunan Fishing over Uluru by Michael Cartwright	Marius by Michael Cartwright in its original state as the entrance piece to the Mas and overlooking the Mountains of St Baume and My Saint Victoire. Marius was commissioned By Jan Olaf one day as he was walking through the make shift studio while we were guest artists at the Mas. The original marquete was made in wax and then cast into steel at a Toulouse foundry. Some years later the sculpture was painted.