The Forest Blue and Yellow Blair Pessemier Acrylic/linen 14 x 20" 35 x 50cm
Artnotes: A Sunday in the Country
People have been asking us about our “house in the country” –
a month or two ago, we were desperately seeking a refuge away from Paris. We
have had a WONDERFUL time looking for our house in the country, painting as we
went along. So when the proprietor of
the little caretakers cottage in Yerres asked us WHEN we were going to rent, we
jumped in with both feet and said: how
about next weekend? We’ll have a party.
SO, we are showing our paintings for four days in Yerres,
along the river, across from the Caillebotte estate, where Caillebotte’s
painting are likewise on exhibit. His
are not for sale.
On Sunday next, the 8 June, we’ll serve Prosecco and
biscotti, and mill around like Sunday people in the country. What could be better? (it’s our 34th
wedding anniversary, as well)
The best we can do is an electronic invitation and a hope
for many new people to stop by.
Meanwhile Harika can enjoy the great outdoors and I’ll breathe fresh
air.
City View Gray Day Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 19.5 x 20.5" 100 x 52 cm
Meanwhile, we’ve been ever so Parisien. We painted this week along the Seine, with a
delightful aunt and niece, both talented – we all painted two pictures. I painted out our window on a grey day – we seem
to have a lot of those lately.
I went to the Monumenta show in the Grand Palais this week –
that is ultra-city. A little lost city
is constructed within the huge universe of the Grand Palais by marvelously
quirky “(former) Soviet” artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
Although my initial reaction was “darn, I am going to have
to THINK about this”, pretty soon the impact of the show hit me, and led me around,
as if in a dream. (if you are not led around by yourself, there are young, good
looking guides who are eager to explain it all to you.) It was like magic: a
lost, ancient city; cosmic communication, angels, and portals… I came away thinking about life in a
different way – the typical straight-line-ruler was gone, and I was thinking
about time, vestiges left by things past and how we perceive them. I felt calm and happy for hours afterward.
Conciergerie Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/linen 11 x 14" 27 x 35 cm
And I was more open to suggestion – when you wrote, when is
your next show, and did you find that place in the country, and the cottage on
the Yerres became once again available, I followed my dream.
Join us next weekend --
to get to Yerres, you can take the RER D train from Paris Gare de Lyon –
just 27 minutes! Follow the Caillebotte
markers in the sidewalk, to the Caillebotte show and our show across the
street.
Laurie and Blair Pessemier
Pont Neuf and Boat Blair Pessemier Acrylic/linen 12 x 12 30 x 30cm
Dome Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/linen 11 x 14" 27 x 35 cm
