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Paintings by Blair
4d ago
24 March 2024 Roccamalatina, MO ITALIA
Beat the Drum Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/paper 24 x 17" 61 x 43cm 225.00
Early this week, we went to Bologna. We drove about an hour to arrive near where our painting workshop participants will be staying next week. Berlino, panting hysterically in the back of the car, jumped out as soon as we opened the hatch.
I wonder why I don’t go to Bologna more often – it’s a terrific place. I am glued to my chair with th ..read more
Paintings by Blair
1w ago
16 March 2024 Stimigliano, RI ITALIA
Pansies on Newsprint Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/paper 11 x 15" 27 x 38cm 125.00
Berlino, Berliiinooooo! Blair and I were searching for our dog Berlino shortly after we returned from Stimigliano and let him out into the yard in Roccamalatina. Night was starting to fall, and we try to establish his whereabouts every so often, even though our yard is not much more than an acre.
Pansies on Music Laurie F ..read more
Paintings by Blair
2w ago
Lemons from Chris' Tree Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 11 x 13" 28 x 33cm 375.00
At our Sunday Salon, an artist read aloud some of my writings from Artnotes Paris. I was really surprised at what I had written all those years ago: about change, and feeling young. Change keeps us on our toes, and thinking.
Wild Hyacinth Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 17 x 23.5" 60 x 43cm 250.00
A friend who own ..read more
Paintings by Blair
3w ago
Mimosa Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/paper 17 x 23.5" 60 x 43cm 275.00 All of our work is available as prints, also.
I’ve spent nearly two weeks now completing the Pompeii book Blair and I started in January. He finds another picture he’d like to add, I discover all the writing is different sizes. I can get super focused on this whole thing, like I am one with the computer. In painting, being one with my subject or my canvas is heavenly; being one with the computer is ..read more
Paintings by Blair
1M ago
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 h ..read more
Paintings by Blair
1M ago
Lola and the Satyr Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 13 x 16" 33 x 41cm 550.00
We are on our way back North from our sojourn at Pompeii. We are leaving 48 hours early, because the weather is very windy and rainy, and predicted to continue like this through Monday. Conditions make it impossible to paint outdoors, but we are ready to leave, anyway. We never got to Naples, nor to Amalfi, but will likely return to tie up a few loose picture-ends and visit later this spring. In fact, Naples is ju ..read more
Paintings by Blair
1M ago
Theatre Pompeii Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 13 x 18" 33 x 46cm 450.00
I am having the most wonderful time in Pompeii. Despite a nasty respiratory virus (almost as bad as Covid), we have managed to paint in the excavation every day but one. We also go to outlying beaches so Berlino can dig legally. His take isn’t nearly so fruitful as the treasures of Pompeii, but he digs holes in which he can conceal his whole giant body. From the shore, we admire Vesuvius, Capri, an ..read more
Paintings by Blair
2M ago
Snow in Roccamalatina Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 12 x 18" 30 x 45cm 450.00
It was smelling like snow in Roccamalatina. Berlino and I stood in the yard inhaling that smell of dirt and a sort of river-y water. We both have enjoyed the cold weather. I love that cold pink sky and heavy frost on stubbly fields in the morning. I like winter for the naked trees and angled light. And I probably like that that spring is next.
Our car isn’t so ..read more
Paintings by Blair
2M ago
Tower of Babel Blair Pessemier Iron and other metals 6 diameter x 18h" 15 d x 45 h cm 1,500.00 (delivered)
I spent this week making a catalog of our Paris paintings. When Macron started the countdown to the Olympics on 8 January (200 days), we did, too, and started our own on Instagram ( @lauripessemier ). This could be our big chance to sell our 150 or so Paris pictures.
The bridge of Pont des Arts Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic on wood winebox 6" X 1 ..read more
Paintings by Blair
2M ago
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 on a good 4 hours. So I started the process on 31 December 2023, cooking it in the oven for a solid 3 hours, then next day, NEXT YEAR, 2024, I coo ..read more