Turco Puppet Laurie Pessemier Acrylic/oil pastel/paper 7 x11″ 17 x 26cm 150.00 On New Year’s Day this year, I made an ox tail stew (French), that we ate with a Scot, a Peruvian, and two Italians. Of course, we are the American part of the mix. The melting pot is our dining room. Ox tail takes a long time to cook – you really must plan … Continue reading Artnotes: Walk to the Horizon
Beer Garden Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 12 x 20″ 30 x 50cm 490.00 This week we decided to take summer by the horns and direct ourselves to someplace WE wanted to go. There is a show of Charlotte Salomon in Munich. The temperature in Munich is 15 degrees Fahrenheit less than Roccamalatina. Berlino and I love hotdogs. So we hopped into our air-conditioned car and drove North. . … Continue reading Artnotes: and Take Notes
Little Petunias Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 12 x 20″ 30 x 50cm 490.00 Blair, Berlino and I have spent a completely calm week up here in the Apennines. I got a haircut, Blair got new glasses, and we’ve been swimming a few times. It’s quite hot, but not as hot as when we venture down from the hills onto the humid plain of the Pianura: Vignola, Modena, Bologna. … Continue reading Artnotes: How to Have a Good Time
I have been a hambone* all my life, telling funny stories, and making sure everyone is entertained. Suddenly, I am in front of a camera. I can’t really see, hear or smell anyone. We had our ZOOM opening with the SOZO Gallery this week. It went well, although I was a nervous wreck beforehand, despite telling myself “this is easier than a ‘real’ opening”. And … Continue reading Artnotes: Hambone
Painting on the way to Vignola (Marano) Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 10.5 x 18″ 27 x 45cm 400.00 This week we drove to Codigoro, a seaside locale in the province of Ferrara, Italy. There is a one-star Michelin restaurant there that our guest wanted to take us to. Our days of eating at star restaurants on our own disappeared with the 2008 financial crisis, so this … Continue reading Artnotes: Mosquito
On Tuesday we went to a show in Rovigo, of Secessionist Art: Gustav Klimt and other artists from the turn of the last century in the Austria/Germany/Italy area. It was a period when the French were Impressionists, but the Eastern part of Europe went more “graphic”. Think light and dark; positive and negative. There were fabulous prints and woodcuts; paintings, of course; and furniture and … Continue reading Artnotes: The Meaning of Life
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