| We were in Venice to check out the Architecture Biennale there. We are working on a project, “ReuseIT”, to renovate a ruin near Bologna. I thought we should bone up on current architectural ideas, terms and presentation. In fact, the show was rather a bust – it struck me like an end-of-the-school-year project. The photos and presentations I’d already seen online of these projects were superior to the real thing, in all cases. |
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 | Blair Pessemier acrylic/canvas 15 x 18" 37 x 45cm 475.00 |
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| This was also the least crowded I’d ever seen Venice. There were very few people on the vaporetto, and even less at the show. I had a bench all to myself in the park where I sat sketching people (I dropped out of the architectural tour). It was the first time I really noticed that parts of Venice are never visited, and other parts generally overrun. The best part of the day was a very good lunch at a little restaurant near Giardini. |
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 | Fall Nuts Laurie Pessemier acrylic/canvas 12 x 16.5" 30 x 42 cm 195.00 |
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| Being in that part of Italy made me rethink my idea to document the Danube into a project to document the Po, the longest river in Italy. The Po starts as a small spring in the Piedmont and irrigates the grand plain of Piedmont, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna. It floods the rice fields (think risotto), welcomes migrating birds and spawning fish, and dumps into the Adriatic. I look for motorboats to facilitate parts of the trip. |
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 | In the Fall Laurie Pessemier acrylic/canvas 12 x 16.5" 30 x 42 cm 195.00 |
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| It’s quite cool here in Roccamalatina right now. The heat is running, the door open for the convenience of Berlino. I hear different birds than I did in the summertime. They are cutting trees next door to us – trying to save what they can of the umbrella pines. The air is mildy foggy, but the sun still comes through all sparkly, and creates sharp color and shadows. We are going to a birthday luncheon today, featuring Indian food. Blair is making dessert. |
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4 drawings 5 x 8" 12 x 24cm by Laurie Pessemier 100 for the group |
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HOUSEKEEPING:
We make art to order, including portraits by Blair Pessemier.
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Most of our work is available as reproductions, custom sized and framed.
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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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