Jaap Rameijer's Blog

I met Marie France in 1995 in Rennes-le-Château. She was the owner of the famous restaurant La Pomme Blue. A very gifted painteré and an excellent cook. Her dining room, there were not many tables, was covered with paintings of her. It was magic. Can you imagine?

To be in Rennes-le-Château, one of the most magical places in the world, on top of a hill with a magnificent view all around, in a lovely restaurant or outside on the cosy veranda, next to one of the oldest castles in France, the Chateau Hautpoul, with her beautiful paintings on the wall and eating the most delicious salads while drinking a glass of cold Rosé. What more do you want?

Marie-France Lebailly, famous for her paintings of beautiful women. Of angels, like herself. Of mysterious women. Women with that magic look in their face.

And that wonderful bearing. Her women are incredibly attractive. We can look for hours at her paintings and then, slowly, begin to understand something of the magic of women. They are like Goddesses.

I was so impressed by the love and the beauty of her paintings that I asked her to make a painting for my book. I am writing a book about Mary Magdalene in France.

She made a wonderful painting of Mary Magdalene. Capturing the beauty, the love, the wisdom and the compassion of that extraordinary woman in a perfect way.

Look at this painting of her in red. With the roses, the skull, the book, the cross, the castle in the background and the people to whom she preached her wonderful message.