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Fall Laundry Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 12 x16” 30 x 40cm 390.00 |
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I am smiling as I reflect on the outcome of this week’s election in the USA. (Italian friends are equally impressed!) It restores my belief in democracy, decency, and the future. Musk couldn’t buy the election! Hallelujah! This will be an event which will go down in history as testimony to the power of democracy. Congratulations to all of us on this wonderful development. |
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Deal Me In (from the dining table series) Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 19.5 x 12” 50 x 30cm 490.00 |
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Meanwhile, it is cold and foggy in Roccamalatina. We are booking a trip to the Italian Riviera (Rapallo -- remember Enchanted April? Castello Brown is less than 5 miles from us) for part of December. There’s a microclimate which exists there, much warmer and often drier. Of course, there’s no guarantee under the current climate conditions, but being near the sea is always wonderful. I found a museum with the most interesting prehistoric anthropomorphic sculptures (I suspect might have inspired Modigliani), not far away . Genoa (38 minutes) is always a great spot, with winding streets and wonderful food brought from the Jews and Arabs of Spain in 1492. Did you know that so many of those refugees came to the Liguria region under the terror of Ferdinand and Isabella? They also went to Constantinople, but that’s for another story. |
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Local Landscape Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on Canvas, unstretched 14 x 13” 35 x 33cm 290.00 |
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I am a big believer that travel is “good for what ails you”. On our last trip, to France, I found walking was the best balm for my sore knee – or at least I was distracted from it. I wanted to see things, do things. Berlino, who loves his yard, might not agree. As a friend said recently, ”I could die there or die here. I’d rather try it there.” You know, from my previous (thousands of – since 1998) Artnotes, I never advocate staying at home. |
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Wind Blown Leaves Blair Pessemier acrylic/canvas 16 x 12” 40 x 30cm 275.00 |
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We have made more friends in Roccamalatina, and it is helping my Italian language immensely. Last weekend we went to an Amaranthus party. Not far from our house, we have friends that grow their own food, and cook in an oven outdoors. It was a gathering to gather Amaranthus, a very beautiful wild plant whose seed they will grind into flour. That plant used to proliferate on the land of our old, big house in Roccamalatina. It is an enormous plant, standing upwards of 4 feet (more than a meter), and I used to cut it and make dramatic flower arrangements in green glass demijohns. I am thinking about it again. |
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I do many things, create many projects at home. Recently, I painted a coat Blair has had since 2010, and worn less than a dozen times. It is one of those sheepskin coats, although this sheep was dirty when they made the coat. It is a color I’d describe as faded rat. So I adorned it with Iris and Spring Wildflowers – it’s mine now, and never looked happier. |
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Red Leaves Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 18 x 15” 46 x 38 490.00 |
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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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