Artnotes: Even if it Rains

Here Comes the Sun  Laurie Fox Pessemier  acrylic/paper  17x 23.5"   40 x 63cm   275.00

The wisdom of old age isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.  What one takes for wisdom might just be the scales falling from our eyes (that can be good or bad), or heaven forbid, depression.  The passion of my youth is wavering.  I have had to limit the time I spend reading the news – or I will truly believe things won’t work out. Deckhand  Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas   18 x 14"   46 x 35cm   475.00 I can never remember a stretch of time this long in Italy with such poor weather.   “My mood ring is just too scary to look at today” (to quote a friend).  I lie in bed each morning, planning the day – I thought I’d empty the shed out back, but it’s just too cold and damp.   Even Berlino has to come in and warm up every so often. Woman in Chartreuse and Red  Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/canvas  11.5 x "8  29 x 20cm  50.00 What has been an exciting, positive and passionate introduction to my art life has been painting the figure, online.  The models are good, women and men, various ages – and there are one, two and five minute poses.  Of course, I can extend things with the miracle of the computer, but I try to stick to the regime.  I am getting ready for the summer, when I can paint at outdoor cafes – capturing those two minute espressos at the bar.    I am offering them for sale – 3 images for 100.00 (or 50 each/price includes shipping worldwide).  Boys or girls?  Neutral or colored?  I printed up brochures for our painting workshops this week.  I am going to try to offer them up here in the Roccamalatina area – we seem to have more and more tourists up here trying to beat the heat.  And we will offer services in Modena and Bologna, as well as Rome, in the shoulder season (it’s just too hot there in summer).   We need to earn some money, just in case. We went to Bologna this week – it’s a wonderful city, with great windows beneath lovely porticoes.  You can always paint outside there, even if it rains. 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