Artnotes: Ahead

 

24 March 2024  Roccamalatina, MO   ITALIA

Beat the Drum Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/paper 24 x 17"   61 x 43cm  225.00

Early this week, we went to Bologna.  We drove about an hour to arrive near where our painting workshop participants will be staying next week.   Berlino, panting hysterically in the back of the car, jumped out as soon as we opened the hatch. I wonder why I don’t go to Bologna more often – it’s a terrific place.  I am glued to my chair with the Internet much of the time – what’s with that?    A rut, is what!  We get in a rut.  In Blossom   Blair Pessemier   Acrylic/canvas   18 x 15"   468 x 3 cm   390.00 I was very impressed by this neighborhood in Bologna.  Why have we never been here before?  It was adjacent to the Garden Margherita, and we walked just a block to the entrance, passing beautiful houses along the way. Pink Blossom  Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/paper 17 x 12"  40 x 30cm   100.00 painting with Yukie series -- we paint for an hour online weekly At my tender age, I feel as if I have been everywhere, seen everything.  But I’d not been here.  Upon entering the garden, a lovely woman said hello, and asked were we from here?  She lived just nearby. We walked through the park, bursting with flowery trees and green grass, statuary and winding paths.   Dogs abounded, some quite large, which was inspiring to Berlino.  We met Sky, an extremely shy Springer Spaniel.  Her owner engaged us in conversation as she cowered behind him.   He was hoping his dog will come out of her shell.  We told him how Berlino couldn’t make eye contact for the first three months we owned him, and now, well, he can be overly affectionate with certain visitors. Pansies in Elephant Vase   Laurie Fox Pessemier acrylic/paper 9 x 12"  23 x 30cm  100.00 You have to shake it up to change.  I can look at things, events, activity the same way I always did.   Really, we could drive to Bologna once a week if we wanted to. .  We could do ANYTHING, if we just start. “I could live here,” I told Blair as we packed up to leave the Garden Margherita.  But I think of how Berlino loves his yard.  “In a year or two.”   There’s a beautiful future ahead. Sneak preview to our upcoming Show:  POMPEII Sign up for Artnotes by contacting me at lfpessemier@gmail.com INVITING All Artists to present their Work:   Paint, Literature, Crafts, Food.... Pessemier's Sunday Salon Weekly on Sunday  No Reservation Necessary   How it works: Bring a piece of your ART: that could be visual, like painting or printmaking; or literary, as in poetry or prose; or crafts, like metalwork or knitting; or food, or music.  Something you made, or feel particularly inspired by.  You have about 5 minutes to present, and we'll ooh, ahh, or answer questions you have.  You can also come and see how we work before diving in.  Just show up on Zoom at a minute or two before the hour.    No selling, no networking until after everyone has presented. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88093708954?pwd=M04zNHB4dFZkREp3bThweUd1YnVDZz09 Meeting ID: 880 9370 8954 Passcode: 886402 Rome 7PM *usa time change accommodation; NY 2 PM; LosAngeles 11AM