Eclectic Art Moments

An eclectic moment slightly different from my art work has more to do today with my passion of teaching French culture. I have been waiting for  Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen's movie since I saw the cast filming last July in Paris.  The beauty of art movies is having many different interpretations with no right or wrong!  Woody Allen to the right, directing the movie in July 2010  I lost a few other pictures I took hoping to recover them at some point (curse of technology) The streets of Paris as well as its historical buildings and monuments are beyond beautiful but in Midnight in Paris, I was mostly taken by the beauty of rich cultural references to authors and painters who were French or lived in France at some point in their lives. It all happened by going back in time with Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard (one of many interpretations, imagination or...)  and meeting through them painters and writers who made history. I was amazed by Woody Allen's talent ...

Who says that every long weekend has to be spent somewhere away from home? I enjoyed every bit of multitasking on this Memorial weekend. In fact, I painted and spring cleaned and painted and cooked and painted and had time to run errands with my family and painted and biked and painted again and drove through the storm (that was scary!). I had my paint brushes handy and used them sporadically throughout the three days, in between little trivial jobs that didn't seem boring or annoying afterall.

Warm heart shaped bowls for a sunny day.

sold A moment of happy childish thoughts. That's blue to me.

sold A friend asked me two days ago  if I get attached to ONE specific piece I paint or make. I actually do. I  do cherish all the things I make because they all come from the feeling of the moment. This does not mean at all that they are perfect but what's important is that they are close to my heart.  Surprisingly, her question made me think of this collage that I made a few weeks ago. My attention  was drawn to Josyane Savigneau's new book "Simone de Beauvoir, une femme libre". I was reading this article in the French newspaper "Le monde" and instantly cut it out and found some time the same day to make a glass vase collage. Why Simone de Beauvoir?  She brought back two clear memories. The first one is the day Madame Dakik, my French philosophy teacher, introduced my 9th grade class to one of her books. That was my first class discussion about feminism.The second memory is much more recent. It's that day I was walking with my daughter a...

Eclectic Art Moments display of clay bowls, glass plates, heart necklaces/ornaments and collage at the Michigan Artisans Youtique April 2011. What a nice Saturday spent surrounded with very talented artists . http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150234467200681.347976.363635870680

Eclectic Art Moments and Fairies Hands  http://fairieshands.blogspot.com/  are featured among many others in Youtique's "Spring into Handmade" April 16th, 2011 in Royal Oak Come see the new crafty collection.   http://www.youtique-detroit.com/current-vendors.html