"Building shadows" M. Blair PESSEMIER Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
"Morning Light" Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on linen 12 x 16 inches,at the gallery, contact tbotero@numail.org
"Southern Port" Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on canvas 9.5 x 14 inches This painting was begun from the window in Port Vendres, France and finished with the help of photos in the studio (you can only paint so much during a weekly apartment rental). Port Vendres is a pleasure port (see "Morning Light") and a commercial port. Vegetables and fruite from Africa arrive here; their European counterparts are shipped off to other ports along the Mediterranean. Collioure and Port Vendres are famous for their olives, cork and anchovies. Blair and I love the maritime transport theme and chose our Port Vendres venue in hopes a large vessel like this would show up. It was guided in by tugboats, and all the town came out to watch.
"After the Catch" Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on canvas 9.5 x 14 inches,at the gallery, contact tbotero@numail.org
Sunday, November 26, 2006
...Our rental apartment faced on the port, with two windows to paint from, in the event of inclement weather. There was none, and the aroma of the sea and fresh fish wafted across the balcony. I watched the fishermen come ashore and ran downstairs to buy fresh rouget and pageot. There were other fish, as well, still flipping in the hopper.
...In the hills above Collioure we painted the colorful vines as they were being clipped to sleep through the winter. A man with a boy on a donkey clomped by us and I thought of Christmas.
We painted young men mending their nets and cleaning their boats, beneath the gaze of broad shouldered retired fisherman who sat around the port. Older women lined up on a stony ledge in the sun fluttered into conversation as I passed.
The violent winds of the Pyrenees blew as we ate lunch outdoors, and walked along the piers. Sailboats at dock pitched 30 degrees, a swinging metronome from our bedroom window. I love the wind, carrying new ideas, along with Mary Poppins. "Those winds make people crazy," P (a doctor) cautioned. I guess it depends on what kind of ideas they blow in...
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...In the hills above Collioure we painted the colorful vines as they were being clipped to sleep through the winter. A man with a boy on a donkey clomped by us and I thought of Christmas.
We painted young men mending their nets and cleaning their boats, beneath the gaze of broad shouldered retired fisherman who sat around the port. Older women lined up on a stony ledge in the sun fluttered into conversation as I passed.
The violent winds of the Pyrenees blew as we ate lunch outdoors, and walked along the piers. Sailboats at dock pitched 30 degrees, a swinging metronome from our bedroom window. I love the wind, carrying new ideas, along with Mary Poppins. "Those winds make people crazy," P (a doctor) cautioned. I guess it depends on what kind of ideas they blow in...
(excerpt from artnotes -- to read the full press, request a subscription (free) at paintfox@aol.com
"Clocher, Port Vendres" M. Blair PESSEMIER Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches at TBotero Galleries TBotero@numail.org
"The bell tower Collioure" M. Blair PESSEMIER Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches with TBotero Galleries tbotero@numail.org
"Mending the nets on a windy day" Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on canvas 25 x 22 inches at TBotero Galleries TBotero@numail.org
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
"Up" Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on canvas 8.5 x 14 inches at TBotero Galleries TBotero@numail.org
copyright Pessemier 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
CATCH M. Blair PESSEMIER Oil on Canvas 21 x 32 inchesat TBotero Galleries TBotero@numail.org
HIGHWIRE Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on Canvas 18 x 15 inches
Circus Postcard Laurie Fox PESSEMIER Acrylic on canvas 16 x 13 inches at TBotero Galleries TBotero@numail.org
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