Trimming the bushes Blair Pessemier Acrylic on canvas(panel) 13 x 9"
Children with boats in the Garden Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on canvas (panel) 12 x 12"
Fountain Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on canvas (panel) 16 x 10"
August boats in the Bassin Blair Pessemier Acrylic on canvas panel 16 x 13 inches
August in the Garden Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on canvas 16 x 10 inches
Our Sunflower Blair Pessemier Acrylic on canvas panel 16 x 10 inches SOLD
Jeu de Longue Paume Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on canvas panel 14 x 11 inches
ARTNOTES: Hmmmmmm....
“Look at these wires,” I say to Blair. The wires which lie around the perimeter of our
new studio/gallery are ten deep in some places.
The location used to be a travel agency in the day of faxes and
dedicated computer lines. It’s
impossible for me to tell what is data and what is electricity, so I have been
carefully sorting out the unconnected bits.
We’ve taken a little gallery studio for a four month trial
period. Blair will paint here – with oils,
on a large scale, and I can continue to paint in cafes and outdoors. We’ll have the chance to show our artwork,
and also have a place for our plein air painters to practice on cold, wet
days.
It is a bit misty this morning, like walking through a
giant, wet cloud. At the park, a “Longue
Paume” tournament is taking place – men (mostly)
with long thin rackets wallop a (hand)
ball back and forth. This 250-year-old
game was an Olympic sport in 1908. As
the game originated in France, the French have called the tournament. It is a variation on the jeu de paume
(handball).
Blair is buying a chair for the studio/gallery (only 50
Euros) and we found a glass console table on the corner the other day. We also found a terrific “Louis-XV-style”
chair in white linen that Blair carried up our six flights to the
apartment. The heavy-as-lead glass
console sits in a concierge’s garden for the moment – we’ll pick it up (with a
dolly) on Monday. Lots of renovation
takes place around Paris at this time, and the sidewalks abound with treasure
(and trash).
We’re getting back into the swing of life in Paris. Our place should be fixed up in time for when
the rest of the city returns to work next week.
I am looking into being able to take credit cards (mega painting sales
loom). I wrote an article for an emagazine published this week: page 212 of http://issuu.com/
The person we are renting from is quite the character, who
once lived in this studio/gallery.
Remnants of his time live on in shelves held up by jute and eye
hooks. Oddly rigged wooden boxes,
decorated with plants and aboriginal designs, shield more unsightly wires. He comes from New Zealand, and built up a
business of travel, books, art and culture from his part of the world. Now he has sold all that and is trying to
launch a language museum. And, oh, he
just bought an airplane, a DC-3. He’s
invited us to join him on a trip to New
Zealand, but as I pour through the mass of wires on rue Servandoni, I think,
hmmmm.
