i landed safely in NICE and now i am tucked away in vallauris ready to start my residency. it’s like taking a breath of fresh air.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
coming in for a landing.
Friday, March 15, 2013
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
châteauneuf-du-pape, france
i remember this day well in châteauneuf-du-pape . . . sitting outside drinking a glass of châteauneuf-du-pape and sketching this chair across the plaza.
Friday, March 01, 2013
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 5, 2012
antibes, france
i remember drawing this like it was yesterday. it was on the beach in antibes and it was the shoe of my fellow france resident, lisa nappa. i was always drawn to drawing these shoes of hers, the shape was so pleasing to me. that day on the beach was fantastic . . . the mediterranean sun, fromage, and fun. life should be so simple (and i do believe that was the brand of shoe ?).
Monday, February 18, 2013
encore.
guess who else will be marching . . . back to the south of france ? . . . MOI ! i am so excited i can barely stand it. i will be doing the residency again this coming may-june. this is the place that truly inspires me to the core. the food, the people, the light, the mediterranean sea, the colours, the life style, the landscape, the language, . . . i wish everyone could find the place that truly resonates with them. there is nothing better to really feed your soul.
Friday, August 31, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
vallauris, france
france is full of tarts, tartes, and tartlettes.
Friday, August 03, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
vallauris, france
the fruit in the mediterranean is incredible. that dry hot heat grows such beautiful sweet fruit. i grew up with figs. in fact, it was an enormous fig orchard where our high school would go to “party.” it was simply known as “the figs.” but here in france (and now that i’m a grown up), i prefer my figs on a baguette with strong cheese and a drizzle of honey.
Friday, July 27, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
june 2012
antibes, france
i am not a big pastry eater (my sweet tooth is usually reserved for chocolate) BUT i do love to draw pastries. france is packed with pâtisseries that house the most beautiful perfect colourful jewel-like pastries that i have ever seen. i was usually the girl standing outside of the pâtisserie looking in and sketching the merchandise in the window at a rapid speed. i could spend hours doing this. to me, it is much more satisfying than eating them.
Friday, July 13, 2012
the heavy show.
i’m setting up my show today for this weekend’s ACGA festival in palo alto. i’m bringing a herd of these vessels that i made in france + a few teapots. mind you, it was no small feat getting these home from france. i knew my suitcase would be “over weight,” but when i hoisted it on the scale, the ticket agent was mortified. “NO NO NO, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE” she kept saying over and over. i had to open my suitcase right there and then to lighten it’s load (embarrassing, yes). i ended up having to hand carry 15 lbs of ceramics on the plane and was still charged $75 for an overweight bag.
the only other thing in my suitcase, aside from my tiny pile of clothes, was 8 jars of caviar. i even left 2 pairs of shoes in france and shipped a box of books, heavy leather bag, and coat home. it’s times like these that i wish i was a jeweler and NOT a ceramic artist.
(p.s. the box that i shipped home made it there door to door in ONE WEEK. amazing. i think it must have been on the same flight that i was on !)
Monday, July 02, 2012
picasso, picasso, picasso.
the musée picasso in antibes is my new favorite museum EVER. it has amazing art, it’s a beautiful building, and it sits right on the mediterranean sea with killer views out of all of the windows. basically, i’d love to live in this museum.
one of my favorite paintings.
it also has a large selection of his ceramics.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
m e r c i .
MERCI to jan, at poppytalk, for the great story she did on my residency in the south of france.
you can read the post HERE.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
say cheese.
i am in cheese heaven. i love french cheese . . . the stinkier, the better. we have come across AMAZINGLY delicious moldy cheeses that smell not unlike dirty socks (in a good way). it’s a good thing that i run to the sea every morning and swim, otherwise my new cheese gut would be twice as large.
