Artnotes: Italy's Superbowl

 

16Lips  Laurie Fox Pessemier  acrylic/paper  17x 23.5"   40 x 63cm   275.00

The press is comparing Italy’s San Remo Music Festival to the US Super Bowl.  Puccini would be proud.  It’s interesting what countries value.  America is like Greece at the time of the original Olympics, or maybe like Roman Empire at its heyday with the gladiators.  Strength (and strategy?) above all.   Maybe it is more a function of that country’s place in the world at the time.  Japan had Samurai, and Saudi Arabia Camel Racing.   Poland has a Chopin competition. Traveling Together on the Train   Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas   13 x 16"   33 x 41cm   475.00 It’s snowing today, Valentine’s Day.  A Valentine’s Day past, we ate lunch at the “Bivouac d’Emperor” in Waterloo, in the snow.  The chubby little proprietor was playing Christmas carols, and his waiter was having a fit.  We found it most entertaining, and ate Belgian fries with mayonnaise and a hearty stew. Normally, we’d dine out today (a heart shaped pizza?), but I got five stitches with the removal of a tooth (in Bologna) this week; it was truly a hammer and tongs experience. I made meatloaf and we had Champagne for Valentine’s Day. It’s my first solid food and the stitches come out on Friday next.   Berlino is amazed at the snow – I am worried about my wild daffodil blossoms.   It is beautiful, in any case.  Slippery and unlikely to stick because the ground isn’t frozen.  Spring Flowers  Laurie Fox Pessemier acrylic/paper  17x 23.5"   40 x 63cm   275.00 It’s an optional holiday here – no big deal, but Maria had on a pink sweater at the café this morning, and the church of San Valentino in Stimigliano is open for its single day of the year.   I wore my red octopus dress – what’s says Valentine more than an octopus? Valentine Flowers  Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas   16 x 10.5"   41 x 27cm   475.00 The sun should come out on Saturday and melt all this frosting.  It’s still winter. 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. Sketches   Laurie Fox Pessemier   There are lots of these sketches:  nudes, women and men; loose portraiture; detail bits.  I can send you photos of all of them, if you are interested.   Without shipping, they are 25.00 each; please add 35 more for shipping, up to 15 pictures. 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