Artnotes: The One that Got Away

 

Dugout Torrington Twisters    Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas   24 x 20 "  60 x 50cm  695.00

One of the wonderful things that happens with painting is that someone sees your work, and connects.  It’s a legacy of sorts.   This week one of the Torrington Twisters saw a painting we did when we followed the baseball team in 2005 and contacted me.  How wonderful.  (write me and I'll send you a pdf of the book)

Baseball Ornaments by Blair (Laurie working on others)

It made me think of how one of the players said, “What could be better than playing baseball all summer? My friends, they’re all working, but me, I am just playing ball.”   When I read those lines now, I think about how I was so lucky to be painting pictures all summer.  And it continues.

I am so glad I chose art as a profession.  I will never be as rich as Jeff Bezos, or even someone who works in the Post Office, but I have had an incredible life, painting.  I have an Associates Degree in Art, and a Bachelor’s in Art History (and an unfulfilled MBA – that was a terrible experience) – I’ve been an art librarian, and art teacher and an artist.  I got to enjoy my entire “working” life, and I still do.  The person that contacted me on Instagram coaches a college level baseball team/workshop in New York.  He is still at baseball, like us, still at art.

Persimmon Still Life      Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/paper 20 x 28"   50 x 70cm  350.00

We went out to lunch this week with a former architecture classmate of Blair’s.  They talked about their favorite projects, who else in the class did great stuff.  It’s apparent that number of architectural “finanancial” successes from their school is limited. But it is similarly clear an overwhelming number love architecture and are really happy.   Blair and I, too, see the romance in things other people don’t.   It really isn’t about filling up the gas tank on your yacht; it’s about sitting by the river.

Fish Ornaments on a Rod   Laurie Fox Pessemier

I found a big bunch of old fishing poles at the “rigattiere” (second hand dealer) on Friday.  There’s a good half dozen, some bamboo, others plastic or fiberglass – they are so beautiful!  I think of how many summer days they spent by the Tiber river and the stories they heard.   Did you hear about the one that got away?

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