Artnotes: Another Week

 

Magnolia    Laurie Pessemier  acrylic/canvas  12 x 12"  30 x 30 cm   390.00

There is nothing like a change of venue to change one’s point of view.  I realize from this Munich trip how unique our own life is.  I am staying in a neighborhood, quite nice architecture, rich, lake nearby, but without a shred of life. “Joie de vie” seems a million miles away.   I feel like I’m at my late mother-in-laws retirement home, where I always wanted to run out into the courtyard and scream “go WILD”.   I am not complaining, just surprised. George     Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas  12 x 12"  30 x 30cm    490.00 Vacation for me has always been a different than booking a trip and checking off monuments.  One year my resolution was “to live life so I never have to take a vacation”.  Vacation has crept back into my life, but instead as an experience that helps me see anew. “There is nothing to see here right now,” the clerk told us at the ticket counter of the museum in Buchheim.  It sounded like a lie, based on the people milling around the gift shop, but maybe they were just shopping.  So Blair and I slogged through the rain back to the car, where Berlino lay snoozing.  We decided to drive on to Gabriele Munter’s house in Murnau. Gladioli Laurie Fox  Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas 20 x 12"  50 x 30   490.00 Gabriele Munter was a key woman artist in the Blue Rider movement, and the partner of Kandinsky for several years.  Hers was like a grandma’s house, white with blue shutters -- I would estimate 1500 square feet, on three floors.  But what floors!  Kandinsky painted the stairway and together with Munter, painted much of the furniture.  It is the antithesis of what we think sophisticated.  There were paintings by the two scattered around the house, where we ambled about with a good size crowd.   One could look out the window and see the scene which was painted in the frame nearby.  It was wonderful. Glad   Laurie Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas  20 x 8"   50 x 20cm  490.00 We’re visiting many museums and odd sorts of places, picking gladioli at the u-pick lot.  Today, we decided to go the flea market in Munich.  I had my doubts (Munich is not known for its flea market, the guidebook reads), but to my astonishment, THIS was where the JOIE DE VIVRE was hiding!  All the things one ever wanted were spread out “unter der Linden” – dappled light illuminating rugs and old records, hand made clothing and toys (Berlino got a stuffed bear).   There were people and dogs of all colors.   It brought tears to my eyes and made me think, maybe we’ll stay another week. Trees by the Lake on Vintage Paper Laurie Pessemier Ink/paper  8.5  x 11" 21 x 29cm  120.00 each. HOUSEKEEPING:  We make art to order, including portraits by Blair Pessemier. Follow us on Instagram @lauriepessemier See all of our painting at https://paintfox.com Most of our work is available as reproductions, custom sized and framed, within the USA. sign up for Artnotes, our weekly art missive, by contacting me at lfpessemier@gmail.com or https://mailchi.mp/341f508cecf8/artnotes