Artnotes: The Passing Winter

 

View from the Bench Seat  Laurie Fox Pessemier  acrylic/paper 17 x  23.5"   43 x 60 cm   275.00

It’s been a slow January week in Rocca Malatina.  Berlino cut his leg on one of his 30mph jaunts around the yard – needing stitches.  The vet, his assistant and the two of us managed the operation (on the 65 pound hunting dog) with only a local anesthetic.   We’re trying to spare him the “cone of shame” (the buster collar a foot wide around the neck), but it’s taking constant vigilance to maintain the bandage.  He’s currently wearing a sock to keep his choppers off the wound.  Oops, it's off. (this postpones our Naples foray, until he’s healed). Rum and Coke makes the Winter Pass  Laurie Pessemier  Acrylic/paper   23.5 x 17"   60 x 43cm   275.00 He and I are still walking our 1.5 kilometers every morning.  He has pad protector cream now after a crack in a toebean – such a delicate Southern Italian..   With a generous Amazon birthday gift, I was able to buy a “headlamp” to illuminate our path and warn cars of our presence.  It isn’t the most attractive tool, but quite practical.  I can also blind any attackers just by looking at them; Berlino will do the rest.  The Lost Glove -- A sure sign of impending spring  Laurie Pessemier   Acrylic/paper 11 x 14"  28 x 35cm  150.00 One of the neighbors on our route has been constructing a covered bench at a viewpoint over the valley.  Berlino and I have been sitting there to scout wildlife.  We’ve seen a number of roe deer.  The same woodsman has made chairs out of tree trunks from fallen trees and placed them at corners and at the bus stops.  The chairs are rather “Flintstone” in nature, but done with such a loving hand I am touched whenever I see them.  The bench is more sophisticated. Roe Deer  Laurie Pessemier   Acrylic/canvas   24 x 16"  60  x 40 cm  550.00 We had a large boar (deceased) near our corner this week.  The first time I passed I thought it was a boulder, but the next morning I could see a leg.   He might have been hit by a car, but I can’t imagine the car could have continued on.  He seemed almost the size of an old Fiat 500 from the 70s, slightly crushed, and looked to weigh at least 300 pounds.   Maybe he was hit by a truck, or died of natural causes. Or maybe shot by a hunter, who needed assistance in hauling him out.  He or she was in pretty good shape other than the fact he’d expired.    I spent some time looking at him, but it’s awfully cold outside for a plein air portrait.   Eventually he was hauled away, perhaps for “Papparadelle al Cinghiale”. The Lookout Bench  Blair Pessemier   Acrylic/canvas panel  14 x 11"  35  x 37 cm  350.00 Laundry won’t dry on the clothesline in the foggy chill, and we bring them inside to hang on the rack.   I laugh with another woman about how we like to match up our plastic clothespins on the line.  A friend brought me a bowl of hyacinths she “forced”.  They have been pushing up and have wonderful fragrant white flowers now.  I can feel this Italian winter passing.   Hyacinth  Laurie Pessemier   Acrylic/paper   20 x 10"  50  x 25 cm  175.00 Sign up for Artnotes by contacting me at lfpessemier@gmail.com 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 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