Fields near the Sassi Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 20 x 14″ 50 x 35cm 400.00 I just couldn’t get artnotes out in a timely fashion this week. I got myself into a giant funk, and it took a visit from an old Paris friend to get me out of it. As we picked through the bones of two fresh orate (fish), we dissected the merits of … Continue reading Artnotes: Nice Fish
Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/newspaper 17 x 24″ 41 x 63cm Because I used to speak to my father every day, I made a point of finding and remember little odd bits of experience I would have, to add to conversation. Some of that would end up here in Artnotes, but some was too trivial, or too personal, to put into writing. Nonetheless, this week was chock-a-block … Continue reading Artnotes: Something to Talk About
Harika is dog-tired. She’s spent this entire day in bed, even when we went out to paint. She’s been spending all her time with the painting workshop, and now that they’ve gone back to Connecticut, she’s flat out. She went to Rome (it took 2 hours to get there on account of an overturned propane-tank truck); then two painting days in Civita Castellana; on Thursday, … Continue reading Lucky Girl
Finally, after weeks of delay, the new bookcase was delivered on Monday. Our American Library in Stimigliano has over 1,250 donated books, of various genres, available for circulation. We found a lovely antique wooden bookcase, slightly over twelve feet (3 meters) in length for sale in a second hand lot. Because brown furniture is so out of fashion, and we are among the few people who have a … Continue reading The Library
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