Grapes Blair Pessemier Acrylic/panel 10 x 14" 24 x 35 cm
In the distance Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/panel 12 x 16" 30 x 40 cm
Roses on Carpet Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/linen 10.5 x 16" 27 x 41 cm
Roses with Lamp Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/linen 10.5 x 16" 27 x 41cm
Roses on the Piano Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/linen 16 x 10.5" 41 x 27cm
Well enough alone Laurie Fox Pessemier Arylic/panel 12 x 12" 30 x 30cm
Artnotes: Whaddya' do with a Drunken Sailor
This was a stay at home week for us. My vertigo has overcome me, and the doctor
seems to think it’s an inner ear infection.
What do you do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?
We managed to spend most of Monday in Bologna, with a friend
visiting from Central America. He had a
pinhole camera he bought in Argentina, and we sought out a traditional film
store in the city. The camera was quite
entertaining, winding film while counting the clicks (13), and pulling back the
rubber-band held shutter. We can’t wait to see the photos. Color film.
Bologna is a wonderful city, with lots of little stores and
coffee shops, extraordinary, contemporary interior design in a medieval
setting. I can walk the streets and
feel thrilled in any direction I look.
Signage, Italian late 1900s, is fabulous. I can’t keep my mind on where
I am headed, what I am doing. I look
forward to painting here.
We’ve watched the colors in Rocca Malatina change from saint
patricks day green to dusty gold. It was
actually cool enough on Wednesday to run the heat for the first time. It
worked.
Our roses have put on their last blooms, and we have what I
would call an “Italian” array of color throughout the house. They
were my subjects this week, being unable to ride in the car much. The fly population has exploded, and there
are at least 300 of them on the car as we speak.
Harika has retained the rental car, as her home. She guards the yard from there, barking at
anyone who ventures in front of the place.
We are still, sadly, without a permanent car. It is an unbelievable obstacle, our only
serious problem, but as winter comes on and we pay more for rental cars (since
May!) we are a trifle panicked. We are seeking
a reasonably priced solution, and although a kind soul who works for Renault
has steered us toward a new car (possibly the only answer), we are resisting the
idea of four years payments. I need to compartmentalize this problem and
solve it. Blair will drive through the hills tomorrow an
buttonhole a used car dealer we’ve seen.
Meanwhile, I watch youtube videos on treating vertigo (these
yoga people have no bones) and learning Italian. It’s a tossup which I’ll conquer first.
