Julian Merrow-Smith's Postcard from Provence Website Updated with Smoother Auctions and Organized Archive

British painter Julian Merrow-Smith, who has lived and worked in the south of France for many years, has updated his website, Postcard from Provence, to streamline the daily auction process and reorganize his painting archive. In 2005, Merrow-Smith became one of the earliest artists to adopt the "Painting a Day" practice, likely second only to its originator, Duane Keiser. The method involves creating a small painting each day and offering it for auction on his site, shiftinglight.com. The revamped site now features a home page that displays the latest painting, with clickable images for larger views, and a hamburger menu in the upper right that provides access to archives organized by subject, as well as a complete archive. Merrow-Smith is noted for his ability to capture the essence of landscapes and still lifes with minimal brushwork, and his website offers high-resolution images that reveal his painterly surface and confident technique. The update aims to make the auction experience smoother, as paintings often sell quickly, and to make the archive more organized and enjoyable to browse. The author of the source article first encountered Merrow-Smith's work and posted about him in 2006, and has posted several times since, though not recently, making this update overdue.