We went to the Rock-n-Beer festival in Rocca Malatina last weekend. We were seated at a table with an “English” family who turned out were from Spain and didn’t speak a word of English or Italian. Two young ladies joined us shortly afterward – they were from a neighboring town, so this was clearly the “foreigners” table (in fact there were a huge number of partiers – a crowd of 500+ in our town of just 500). The two women were Italians maybe 25 years old from Savignano sul Panaro. One was getting her masters degree in cinema marketing – she loved Hollywood movies and had the verve and blond hair of Marilyn Monroe. Her friend was likewise charming, but it’s hard to hold a candle to Marilyn.
We have been trying to go out every day and talk to two people about our artwork, and that day was a slam dunk. Other days are more challenging, but if we can just keep it up a little, we’ll be ok. |
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 | Chairs and Green Table Laurie Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 12 x 12" 30 x 30 390.00 |
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| Blair has been working on a 90 second presentation of his project, Asea No Longer, hoping to receive a substantial grant to realize its construction. I attached it to this email. I am compiling all my materials about our trip to Germany – I am not certain anyone cares about the art, the ideas, the history, but I am looking for places to publish my findings. Meanwhile, we are redecorating our gallery weekly to reflect our Artnotes – I am hoping we will be discovered, like the artist in “The Trouble with Harry”. |
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As we left the beerfest, a carful of revelers noticed our choice parking place – a man burst from the passenger door, waving his arms and shouting. He wanted our space – it was terrifically amusing after a month in an understated part of the world. There are times I really love Italy.
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Flowers (8.5 x 11) Laurie Fox Pessemier 120 each 200 pair 4 for 325 |
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| A crazy man with a giant mower infiltrated our adjoining property this week. It was a test of my Italian under duress, and I am not sure it qualified as talking to one of the two people a day. He had a mower one sees at the roadside, chopping small trees with blades suspended at the end of a folding arm. Berlino was performing his 6 foot high jumps directly beneath it, the terrible man with machine egging him on. I ran out there screaming and yelling at the top of my lungs in Italian to stop it and get away from our property. He retorted in kind, but only after he drove all the small burrowing animals into our yard, a darling small mouse nearly running over the top of my bare foot. I try to give all the birds, animals and insects a small sanctuary on our acre – I love them all. |
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 | Rose of Sharon Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/newspaper 16 x 10.5 " .40 x 27cm 390.00 |
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| Today I went into the back yard to rescue the plants which hadn’t been hacked by crazy Guido of the industrial mower. I found a lovely, spindly clementis vitalba (old man’s beard), growing over my sloe tree (the badger ate every last sloe while we were away). I put it in a vase, and made a permanent record of its short beautiful life. |
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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. No politics, no sales pitches, please. |
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