Snake with Offering (Pompeii) Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 10.5 x 18″ 27 x 46cm 450.00 |
I am typing Artnotes on a new “old” computer. I purchased a reconditioned HP, because my 12 year old Asus was failing. The Asus still works, but I really needed a different computer to run our Zoom Art Salons. This one is just a few years old, and renewed. And it cost one fifth of what I would pay for a new one.I am hoping a genius is inside here, who will take my hands and heart and mind to write you beautiful missives. I will give her a little time. She came from a chop shop outside of Naples — it had to be scary.. |
I am writing about our time outside of Naples, in Pompeii. Why is it when I write to you the words flood the screen, and when I try to write something longer, more correct, I stumble through? Blair is still painting pictures of the Excavation. I am using Canva to create a small book about the experience. Meanwhile I am learning to work on this new device. Actually the nerd doctors in Naples have been helpful getting me up and running – they speak some English, I speak some Italian, and the machine itself feels right underneath my fingers.. |
I like the idea of a reconditioned computer for the fact that it is more climate responsible. These computers are full of earth damaging elements, and if I can help minimize that, bravissimo! One of our itinerant salesmen in Stimigliano has offered to take us to get a reconditioned phone at a special market in Rome. It’s seems a little more clandestine than the computer, which we in fact bought with a year warranty from Amazon. |
Doorway and Columns, Forum, Pompeii Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 16 x 12″ 40 x 30cm 450.00 |
I painted with Yukie this week. I found a handful of pussy willows (salice di capre (goat willows) in Italian) to commit to paper. Besides the pussy willows, we saw a grand field of snow drops bursting out around the Fountain of Youth. They are really not pickable, but I am thinking of garnering a few bulbs from the woods for our own yard. It’s thrilling to think of Spring that close. |
Pussy Willows Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/paper 23.5 x 17″ 60 x 43cm 250.00 |
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