SOLD Fox Pessemier Acrylic/paper 23.5 x 17″ 60 x 43cm 275.00 My best friend isn’t coming to visit in April as planned. Events beyond our control have upset the apple cart; pie will not be served. Life is full of surprises. Berlino, meanwhile, is happy we came back to Roccamalatina. He loves his yard, and for the first time, we are here to see different wild flowers in … Continue reading Artnotes: Cookies Will Do
I feel like Marcel Proust. As I dunk the scone (Blair made) into my coffee, I can recall the coconut chocolate chip cookies from Hayes’ bakery in Winsted. I remember the store, the little old ladies, the box, the string. In fact, I can remember the details of each day of my life up until now. I can recall what songs were playing in the … Continue reading Artnotes: Little Green Men
“You are not the ‘Great Creator’ of your songs, you are simply their servant, and the songs (think paintings) will come to you when you have adequately prepared yourself to receive them. They are not inside you, unable to get out; rather, they are outside of you, unable to get in. Songs, in my experience, are attracted to an open, playful and motivated mind… You … Continue reading Artnotes: READY
Landscape near Villa Bianca Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas panel 13 x 16″ 33 x 41cm Red Vines Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 8 x 20″ 20 x 50cm Across the Panaro Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 15 x 12″ 38 x 30cm Golden Shadows Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 14 x 10.5″ 35 x 25cm Panaro winding through Fall Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 10.5 x 14″ 25 x … Continue reading Artnotes: The Dog and Pony Show
Olive on the Embankment Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 13 x 18 ” 33 x 46cm I have finally got into the swing of 2018, and have been working on my goals. One challenge is to finish my Art of Slow Travel book. I really don’t like doing that, and my 10 pages or 20 minute a day goal isn’t much of a motivation. The thing about projects … Continue reading Distraction
In Blossom Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 10 x 20″ 25 x 50cm 275.00 I am sitting in my sunny yard at 3:16 in the afternoon, listening to the children in the grammar school sing songs, accompanied by a piano and castanets. Life doesn’t get much better. My trees are growing. The grass is cut. We bought a push lawn mower which is … Continue reading Artnotes: Uncivilized
by Blair While winding our way on spaghetti roads from Bologna to Rocca Malatina, we passed a carpet of white, purple and blue. We pulled out our easels, and painted the magical pattern. by Laurie Continue reading The Forest Floor
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