Artnotes: Domino

 

Dominoes on a Red Field     Laurie Fox Pessemier    Acrylic/canvas   12 x 12 "  30 x 30cm  475.00

The elephant in the room is just too hard to ignore this week.  We are heartbroken at the outcome of the US presidential election.   I am clearly out of pace with how the majority of Americans think; it is better that I live abroad.   If you are thinking of moving to Europe (the last vestige of freedom we would be happy to share with you the pros and cons we’ve experienced.  We might even rent out a room or two to aspiring expats.

3 Elephants     Laurie Pessemier  Acrylic/wood  20  x 6"  9"  50 X  15cm  290.00

I was lucky to have painted on Monday – dominoes.  I found a box in a junk store over the weekend, and got them for just 3 euros.

Playing Dominoes     Laurie Fox Pessemier    Acrylic/wood     13.5  x  4.5"  . 35 x 12cm   150.00

Dominoes were actually first played in Italy and France.  A French soldier brought them to England, where they really caught on and traveled the world.   Dominoes are sometimes called “bones”, after the material they were originally created from.   These dominoes are cheap black balsa wood with white spots.

Domino     Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas board  3.5 x 6"   9 x 15cm  75.00   (the three domino pictures together 590.00)

I love the word, domino, and the sound of the game.   Black and white, clickety-snap, matching, blocking, building a labyrinth of tiles.  First one to get rid of all of their tiles says “domino” and gets the remaining points (dots on other people’s tiles).

Tree Ornaments (we use them on our Maypole, too) by Blair Pessemier

We’re keeping up ornament production for our Christmas fair in Stimigliano.  Blair’s hopped on the bandwagon, too, and we’ve hung some on our Maypole up here in Rocca Malatina.   Maybe I’ll make some dangling dominoes.

The Cards We're Dealt     Laurie Fox Pessemier    Acrylic/canvas   12  x 12"  .30  x 30 cm  475.00

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