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is the 8 th edition, February, 2002. "
Courchevel"
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Saint Bon La Tarentaise (Saint Bon Courchevel) View
behind City Hall.
February 9 - 17, 2002
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Notes:
The wind of inspiration has blown
again in February 2002. I went for a winter painting expedition
in the Courchevel area of the Alps. The chalet was located
in the village of Saint Bon
Courchevel, Savoie, and while
my friends and their children went skiing, I set up my easel in
the village. Luckily, I found some magnificent apple trees! I was
more interested in their tortuous postures than in the large vistas
around me (coming from Miami, I am not particularly drawn to snow
and cliffs!). I did not see how I could render that sort of
grandeur on my canvases and so, once again, I focused on humbler
motifs, motifs which are closer to my new home, Normandie, and its
Edenesque mystic apple orchards.
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 Painting "
Orchard in the Alps "
Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 46 cm (22 x 18 Inches)
I modified the landscape, taking out the "chalets" and
zeroing in on the apple orchard. It was fun to come everyday to
the hillside, under the apple tree, to the amusement of the rare
locals who showed up and inquired about my work. These indigenous
folks generally seem to hide while hordes of English, Americans
and Parisians invade their territory for winter sport.
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Study
3
33 x 40 Cm (13 x 16 Inches)
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The model.
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I'm wondering why
snow melts under the trees before it melts anywhere else.
Any idea?
suggestions will be posted bellow |
From Recording
Artist & Songwriter Treasa "DIVA" Fennie
About snow melting- The roots are alive,
therefore creating heat.
From: Elisabeth
de La Monneraye, artiste.
peut-être
la chaleur retenue sous les branches!
From
Dakota, facteur d'instruments de musique à Calais.
La neige tombe de haut en bas,donc
si elle rencontre un obstacle sur son chemin,des branches par
exemple,il y en aura moins sur le sol. Et si la neige se met
à fondre,cela ira plus vite la ou la couche est moins
épaisse
From Marie______Bluemarie's http://Bluema.comAbout
the lacks of snow under the tree, I would say that though trees
are alive they don't give any warmth, otherwise people would
get in the woods to get warmer in winter, and plants would not
get frozen.
Look to the shapes of the ground, it is almost
exactly the size of the head of the tree. Don't you think it
is only that far less snow got there when it was falling down?
The branches must have been completely white, and then,
when it started to melt, the water made the rare snow that was
underneath disappear. I hear from here the drops falling on
the frozen white soil in the sun....
by Artist Karen Schnell, Miami....our hearts melt , as snow under the
trees. (their canopies limbs like arms
strong and far reaching encircle us beneath an umbrella of love
bringing forth signs of life)
in the dead of winter.
I know this is no answer to
that question but what would one expect from an American artist
in Miami other than further food for thought. peace to all.
Enclosed are two photos from a series i completed in early February
for a show i had in salt lake city last week. the series
is entitled Olympians of the Heart.
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study
1, 16 x 22 cm (6 x 9 inches) |
Study
2, 33 x 19 cm (13 x 8 inches) |
 Study
4, 19 x33 cm (8 x13 inches)
Pommes de pin
19 x 19 inches December 2001.
A few of you know that I have set up shop in front of the future
Museum of Apples in France. Thus, I am sort of self-obligated
(delightedly) to work consistently on the theme of apples. Then,
there is this joke about pine cones that in French are named "Pommes
de pin" (pineapple)Take a pick on the recent apples paintings.
or check my web site dedicated to apples:
lepommier.net |
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