Artnotes: The Next Trip

 

Morning Walk Roccamalatina  Laurie Pessemier  acrylic/canvas   12 x 16"    30 x 40 cm   395.00

There are no greater or lesser civilizations but a succession of flowerings.  Every nation has its day.  Claudio Magris, Danube Where do I start?  I guess at the end.  We drove back from the Munich area early this week, in a sea of traffic:  cars from Germany, Austriam and Netherlands headed south for sunshine.   We left Bavaria a couple of days early, because more rain was predicted.  It’s positively glorious here in the Apennines of Modena, and I’ve painted outdoors and replenished my vitamin D.  Murnau Schloss  Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas  20 x 16"  50 x 40  490.00 You know you are in the right place, at least for the moment, when you can’t wait to return from vacation.  Seeing the house (my dead plants), opening the door, and turning on the tap all seemed divine.   My old clothes don’t seem quite so dowdy, and looking in the freezer makes me happy.  I’ll be making jam soon.   I have ever so many more spices here and made katsudon for lunch (had to fake the dashi). Bee Keeping  Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas  24 x 18"  61 x 46cm   550.00 Two books I’d been waiting for arrived while I was away.  I am reading about the Danube and already planning a new foray there in 2026.  Can I rent a boat on the Danube?    Roses (15 x 11) and Fan (8.5 x 11)  Laurie Fox Pessemier   120 each 200 pair I cut off a great number of depressing news sites from my social media.  There’s something about visiting a place with such a long history as Bavaria (we covered the Bronze Age to the present) that makes one realize that although there are tremendous difficulties along the way, there can be better times ahead. Flowers from the Walk    Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/newspaper   24 x 16"  . 61 x 46cm    210.00 And who would have though Germany could have been so interesting?  I picked it mostly because it wouldn’t be too hot.  A friend was supposed to join us and didn’t, so we each had studio space.   I love the museums in Munich and the city itself.  Rococo churches and deep woods, fresh water lakes and beer gardens kept us all busy, including  Berlino who also liked his fenced yard.  Rococo!!! On the way home, we stopped at a museum in Buchheim and visited the Max Pechstein show – he was a die Brucke painter, an expressionist of the same era as our Blue Rider Group.   He will figure into the story of our trip, to be published some time in the fall (at least digitally).   We managed to produce about a dozen or so good paintings over the month, and I did a few dozen works on paper.   Travel is such an eye opener.   I can’t wait for the next trip. sign up for Artnotes, our weekly art missive, by contacting me at lfpessemier@gmail.com or https://mailchi.mp/341f508cecf8/artnotes 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. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88093708954?pwd=M04zNHB4dFZkREp3bThweUd1YnVDZz09 Meeting ID: 880 9370 8954 Passcode: 886402 Rome 8PM; NY 2 PM; LosAngeles 11AM