But the ravishing mediocrity of the manucured cheap
thuya hedges in the village of Guerny-Gisancourt
where I live now, very
little green to be seen in Normandie in December.
I thought that Tuya were polular for
this feeling of mediteranean dream-life coming true
for my neo-suburban-rural neighbourgh..
Knowing them better know, I understand that the reason of
this is just because thuya plants are very cheap and they grow
fast, so to quickly protect sacred French privacy all year round,
hide the garbage cans and let the dogs snif and bark
at will at all strangers.
I
indulge then in some tree paintings in the comfort of my
paint studio, reopen my green acrylic tubes I had left unatended
this whole summer, busy I was to paint red poppies.
Poppies,
summer 2003
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