Kronenbourg Beer

Kronenbourg Beer  5 x 7 oil on museum board

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There's a little cafe down the street from my house where

the locals like to hang out. I love the Kronenbourg beer sign

and see it often.

Produced in Alsace it has over 40 per cent of the market share in France!

Le Marais

Le Marais 6x6 oil on board

I rented an apartment in the Marais with a friend. It was a wonderful

central location in Paris very close to the Latin Quarter.

We spent lots of time at a cafe close to where

we 'lived'. Maybe it was because the apartment was

a little on the small side, but it seemed like everyone would

just hang out, talk on the phone, or pay bills.

Just give me my sketch pad= bliss!

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The Park

The Park  4x6 watercolor

This is the park I walk through with my buddy Robi

everyday.  It's one of the few places with trees

in Malta. It's also a place that's loaded with cats

and Robi finds that very exciting!

When the lights went out in Malta my set up in my

still life stage went dark, my monitor

was off too, so no more photo reference.

It was too late to pack up my stuff and go outside,

so I decided to pull out some photos and

my dusty watercolor set and play around.

I got cozy in the fading light by my studio window.

Then I had to start pulling out the candles.

I felt like a pilgrim.

It was quite pleasant with no distractions but the problem

is that you can't see any thing very well either.

I figured out early on that watercolor is very easy to over work.

Not easy for an oil painter who likes to pile on the paint to

cover whatever is underneath that I don't like. 

I think I peaked in my watercolor stage at about eleven, but

I can see how it would be easy to get hooked again.

This one of the park turned out OK.

In case you don't know who Robi is:

photo of me and Robi

we go to the same hair stylist!

Canal Cafe

This painting of one of my favorite cafes was done on the Burgogne half of my recent sejour in France. The barges run up and down the canal but I enjoy biking on the voie verte, or painting! Both very relaxing;)

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