Artnotes: Live and Let Live

 

Water Iris  Blair Pessemier   Orignal  Acrylic/Canvas  20 x 8"   50 x 20 cm  490.00

The jury is still out on my art print (reproduction) idea.   A few people like the idea of us making prints of our work, but others are against/aghast.  So, we’re taking it slowly.  We sold two last week, and have ideas to sell floral prints at garden stores.  Would Monet have sold his water lilies until hell wouldn't have one?  (judging by the gift shop at Giverny, one would think so).  I don’t know that the switch to reproductions is as critical as it seemed:  first there were tariffs, then there was an artwork exclusion, then a below $800.00 exemption; no tariffs, a 90 day delay.  I can adjust to anything once established. Oregon Grape    Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/paper  24 x 16"  61 x 40cm   275.00 I had plenty of people to talk to this week.  We cooked lunch for people twice, went out to lunch in Modena.   My cooking skills are still present, despite less entertaining.  I made a rabbit in a tarragon cream sauce on Monday; spicy red fish stew on Thursday (with an agretti, mussel and crumbled egg yolk salad, which was perhaps the best dish of all).  In Modena, I ate really pretty good burritos – the first time in probably 20 years!   I spoke to friends on the telephone – we are all in agreement that SPRING feels wonderful.  We’re even thinking of going to a baseball game in Bologna tonight. Parrot Tulips    Blair Pessemier   Orignal  Acrylic/Canvas  20 x 8"   50 x 20 cm  490.00 Blair and I have been painting flowers, mostly wild ones.  I found a particularly interesting one at the far end of a walk with Berlino, in a marshy area -- it was too precarious to pick, particularly when holding onto the end of the leash.  “Let ‘em live”, as the sign to watch out for highway workers in Connecticut reads.  The flowers continue to thrive, and today I used Google Lens to identify them:  Butterburs or Coltsfoots.  They are reputed to be good treatment for bronchial problems.   I’ll continue to cough. Diving for Treasure   Laurie Fox Pessemier  Acrylic/paper  24 x 16"  61 x 40cm   275.00 Packages arrived this week in anticipation of visitors.   Sheets, a bit off color from the ones depicted online; paints, again slightly off color, but usable; canvas; and 200 tall white candles (actually, we rarely used them with visitors, but light our evening dining room with them).  Three other packages from outside Italy were lost and are in process of being replaced or reimbursed.  There’s a spate of strikes throughout Europe, and the post office is always an eager participant. Knot     Laurie Fox Pessemier  Original Acrylic/paper   9 x 12"  23 x 30cm   90.00 I’ve adorned my chenille fly curtain with laurel branches to further dissuade insects from entering the house (they hate bay), and am thinking of adding fake flowers, too. Kerria Japonica Laurie Fox PessemierOriginal Acrylic/paper  24 x 16"  61 x 40cm   275.00      We are offering all of the above work in reproduction format, as well.  On Paper, most pieces are 40.00; on canvas 80.00 .  Framing is also available within the USA. Blue Elephant   Blair Pessemier   Orignal  Acrylic/Canvas  18x 15"   45x 38 cm  390.00