Showing posts with label Notre Dame de Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notre Dame de Paris. Show all posts

Monday, March 19, 2012

Notre Dame de le Petit Pont, Paris, watercolor sketch

Notre Dame de le Petit Pont, Paris, watercolor sketch, 21x15cm. Available.
Walking around Paris and stopping to sketch is one of my favorite activities. There is always something going on. Groups of turists taking pictures everywhere, while locals go about their business, announcements of concerts, plays, art exhibitions distract you. Meanwhile the clouds play their hide and seek game with the sun...ahh..a day out in Paris....just walking around and stopping for a cup of coffee, or a glass of Bordeaux, and my sketchbook...

Friday, October 21, 2011

Table `a Peinture de Delacroix

Table `a Peinture de Delacroix, watercolor in my travel journal. When I visited the Delacroix Museum in Paris a couple of months ago, I made this watercolor of his beautiful wood cabinet/table for his paints. I work from one made of aluminum and plastic from IKEA, very practical.
Table `a Peinture de Delacroix, acuarela en mi cuaderno de viajes. Cuando visite el Museo Delacroix en Paris hace un par de meses, pinte esta acuarela de la bellisima mesa/gabinete que el tenia para sus pinturas. Yo trabajo con una mesa de aluminio y plastico de IKEA, muy practica.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Cuisine de Nat et Fred

Cuisine de Nat et Fred, watercolor, 10x15cm. Available: 100 Euros, ou $140 US.
When I was in Paris a couple of months ago, one of the museums I enjoyed very much was "Musee Quai Branly" where different cultures "meet in dialogue" they say. A pathway of words projected like a river in movement lures you into the entrance to the main hall, where five continents open their artistic wealth to the visitor: Oceanie, Asie, Afrique, Amerique, Europe...c'est si beau!
Cuisine de Nat et Fred, acuarela, disponible. 
Cuando estuve en Paris hace dos meses, uno de los museos que mas disfrute fue el "Musee Quai Branly" donde diferentes culturas "se encuentran en dialogo", dicen ellos. Un camino de palabras proyectadas como un rio en movimiento te atrae hacia la entrada del salon principal, donde cinco continentes abren sus riquezas artisticas al visitante: Oceania, Asia, Africa, America, Europa....c'est si beau!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Studio de Delacroix, Paris

Studio de Delacroix, Paris, watercolor, 4x6", 10x15 cm. Available: 40 Euros=60 US$. Painted "all prima", on location in the garden of Delacroix's home/studio/museum and garden, in Paris.
I will say with Oscar Wilde: "I have the simplest taste in the world: I'm content with the best."

Studio de Delacroix, Paris, acuarela.   Pintada "all prima", en el jardin de la casa/estudio/museo y jardin de Delacroix en Paris. Yo voy a decir como Oscar Wilde: "Tengo los gustos mas simples del mundo: Me contento con lo mejor."

Monday, August 8, 2011

Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris

Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris. watercolor, 4x6" (10x15 cm.) Painted with joy after meeting my California friend Jan and her husband, and chatting about old times.
Afterwards I visited some art exhibits at various places within the Jardin de Luxembourg. I was impressed by Anna Husemoller Jeretic's exhibit of paintings and engravings. She's interested in art and ecology. I bought a small book from her: "L'Appel" or "The Call". She writes beautifully, and her message both in her essay and her paintings touched me deeply.
Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris. acuarela. Pintada con alegria luego de encontrarme con mi amiga de California Jan y su esposo, y conversar de viejos tiempos.
Luego visite varias exposiciones en distintas galerias de los Jardines de Luxembourg. Me impresiono la exhibicion de pinturas y grabados de Anna Husemoller Jeretic. Ella trabaja en arte y ecologia. Le compre un librito: "L'Appel" o "El Llamado". Escribe hermoso, y su mensaje tanto en su ensayo como en sus pinturas me llego al alma.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris, watercolor, 21x14cm., in one of my travel journals. I love travel journals, and sometimes one is too big for a particular bag, or for some other reason I use a different one. I was sitting at the cafe across from Notre Dame the other day, and...voila! a little watercolor! Enjoy!
Did you know that the monk Suger, in the middle of XIIth C. started the idea, in the Church of Saint Denis, in Paris, that light represented the essence of God? That idea started the construction of Gothic cathedrals. Light and height are the key of great cathedrals, whose intention was to proclaim God's glory.
Notre Dame de Paris, acuarela, en uno de mis cuadernos de viajes. Me encantan los cuadernos de viajes, y a veces alguno es demasiado grande para una bolsa que quiero llevar, o por alguna otra razon uso uno diferente. Esta acuarela la hice sentada al frente de Notre Dame el otro dia, y....voila! una acuarela! Disfruten!
Sabian que fue el abad Suger, a mediados del siglo XII quien comenzo la idea, en la Iglesia de Saint Denis, en Paris, que la luz representaba la esencia de Dios? Esa idea dio comienzo a la construccion de catedrales Goticas. La luz y la altura eran la clave de grandes catedrales, cuya intencion era la de proclamar la gloria de Dios.