Rose in Winter Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on linen 9 x 13 inches
Artnotes: Communication
I only painted one
new painting this week between Monday
and Friday, on account of bitterly cold damp weather. I hope to do something later today while the sun is shining, but I feel so thrilled with the sunny weather I
just want to bask in joy. Blair has taken
up the slack…
Mary Bell Blair Pessemier Acrylic on linen 11 x 16 inches
We made a foray to see the bells at Notre Dame this
week. The bells are being replaced in
honor of the 850th birthday of the cathedral. Currently Notre Dame has discordant bells, a
result of the events of the French Revolution, when the original bells were
melted down to make cannons. The new big
bell, Mary, weighs more than six tons. The
other 8 bells, which make an octave, are named after bishops and such
associated with the church: Marcel,
Benoit, Anne-Genevieve (a mere 3,477 kilos) and others. I gave one a hardy tap, but my hand produced
no sound. The clappers are as large as
cannons themselves. It is a bit of a
mystery as to how they will be raised to the tops of the bell-towers, but I
will pass by after 25 February, when the moving process begins.
Notre Dame 2011 Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on linen 15 x 18 inches
It’s been a year since my “resolution” to write to people via snail
mail, aka the Post Office. I was very
weak in this department, but others were faithful, especially LHH with her beautiful postcards, each one delightful. What
would St. Valentine make of all this? We are receiving cards and letters from
another friend, who doesn’t have email, which makes the written word a more
natural choice. I tried writing today’s
artnotes with a pencil, but I have to type them anyway.
I transcripted a skype interview this week that
covered this very topic. Ted Nelson, the father of hypertext, chatted
with a French scholar
about the use of the pencil versus the computer. The talk circulated around notes and language
and the philosophy of getting our creative thoughts from our brain into a
finished presentable state. I am always thinking
of this sort of thing with painting, so to hear it discussed in relation to
literature was a treat. Plus I got paid.
We’ve been moving bits and pieces to the gallery once again.
14, rue Servandoni has a warmer feel
this time around. Parts of our collection of conversation pieces populate the
place with interesting “nature morte” scenes.
I am giving lessons beginning Wednesday in painting and drawing – these cold
days we’ll work inside.
Yellow Roses Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on linen 11 x 16 inches
Laurie and Blair Pessemier
