Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO)
Last December, my friends Anne & Jean-Charles Oziemblowski and I took a 3-day training session to make me capable of helping out at the local chapter of this national organisation. There was so much to remember that I ended up doing drawings...
Seasons (again)
Once again, the approach of the Winter Solstice got me ruminating on the passage of time, and the effects of the changing seasons. Now that I'm in Provence (as opposed to Northern California), the delineation among them is sharper. I...
Pétanques fabric and pieces
Last year I posted about the big Pétanques event of St Cannat; I've designed a fabric based on drawings of lazy summer afternoons in Provence: the Pastis, the players, the precious shade, floppy dogs, and other iconic elements so familiar...
Marseille en Cinema
I was commissioned to create an illustration evoking the feel of films made in and about Marseille for a "web doc" to be used interactively at the History Museum of Marseille.
Canal du Midi
I was lucky enough to have been invited to join my friends/family Dick & Barbara Currier on their holiday cruising the Canal du Midi. The barge they rented was luxurious, with 3 cabins—each with its own bathroom—a comfortable, well-equipped kitchen, plus...
Les Fontaines d’Aix
There are dozens of fountains, and no wonder, because Aix en Provence sits atop limestone that is riddled with springs. After all, it's original, Roman, name was Aquae Sextius. Not all the fountains are as elaborate as that of the...
Marseille
Aix's sister to the south, Marseille, is the one with the big personality. The Aixois stereotype is that of a well-off, sophisticated, well-dressed bourgeois. In contrast, Marseille is home to the colourful and colourfully-dressed "cagole", the girl with the loud...
English spring
My American niece lives in what appears to be Beatrix Potter-land. Although this wonderful illustrator lived north of Buckinghamshire, which is where I visit, the countryside looks very like the images in her books.I don't remember any depictions of the...
Cells
I have a lot more time now to observe, and living in a town, the creature to which I have ready access is my fellow human. One of the most distinctive features of our kind is the polyvalent and beautiful hand. Watching...
theatre outing
Theatre is alive and well in Aix en Provence. I went to see a play at Theatre du Jeu du Paume (named after an indoor game "Paume" = palm, as in handball, of a version of tennis played amongst noblemen), and was introduced...
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