Flip Flops   Laurie Fox Pessemier    Acrylic/wood   5 x 14"  13 x 35cm  175.00 purchase “Afa” is the word for ‘muggy” here in Italy.   I think “awful”; and it is.   Even though it is only in the high-80s here in Roccamalatina, if feels much hotter.   It is so damp, I can’t sweat, and I feel pudgy and ornery.   We had coffee this morning with one of Berlino’s friends, Axel, a Lagotto Romagnolo, whose owner was bemoaning how irritable the dog h ..read more

6 July 2024  Roccamalatina MO ITALIA From the Tree:  Cherries   Laurie Fox Pessemier    Acrylic/wood   4.5 x 4"  11 x 10cm  150.00  Summer has finally begun.  On the fourth of July, the classic start date of the season, we met up with friends from California.   We went out to lunch near Stimigliano, and hung around the house visiting with the kids until supper time.   They drove back to their abode in Castiglion Fiorentino, and we basked in the glo ..read more

  The Little Teapot  Laurie Fox Pessemier    Acrylic/paper    9 x 9 "  23 x 23cm  190.00  Somehow I have gotten off the track and have nothing to write for Artnotes this week.   Honestly, time rushed away like the stormwater last week:  we had terrible rain and significant floods.  As I write the studio fireplace smells of water and creosote.  The Fountain of Youth, my touchstone in Rocca Malatina, has all but disappeared.   We are thinking of stopping by again ..read more

  Fireflies      Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/paper 17 x 23.5"   43 x 60cm  275.00   Berlino (our dog) decided on Wednesday night, to act out.  He was angry because we took a day trip,in near 90 degree heat, without him.   Feigning the need to go out again after dark, he dashed into the yard after dinner and hid.  I went out to find him, and lo-and-behold:  FIREFLIES. Banda di Castello di Serravalle   Blair Pessemier  Ac ..read more

  The Tree:  Sloes     Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/canvas  11.5 x 19.5"  30 x 50cm  375.00   We went to the beach, the Dog Beach, at Porto Garibaldi, on the Adriatic coast this week.  Our happy clam of a dog ran down to the beach, looking here, there, sniffing.  I have to remind him its me on the other end of the line – he’s capable of dragging me, bodily, along with him, but refrains.  Luckily he is afraid of the water (what kind of bird dog hates water?  A field dog ..read more

  Green Hat, Blue Flower  Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/paper 17 x 23.5"   43 x 60cm  275.00   This Tuesday we made it up to the Zocca market; up being the key word, as  Zocca is just up the hill from us, at 759 meters (2500 feet).  It’s slightly cooler, in summer or winter, with more snow and sunshine (it’s often above the clouds, and we are too, just not as often).  It’s an ok place, attracting many hikers and cyclists.   Our German friend, Lutz, keeps a pl ..read more

Pansies (in the spirit of Monet's garden)  Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/cardboard  7x 10"   18 x 25.5cm 100.00   I don’t want to see new things, I want to see things new – a sort-of-quote by unknown photographer.  DESPERATE for a thing to inspire me, and yes it must be a little new, we drove to Sestola, an hour “up” from Roccamalatina, to see a floral festival.  On the advertisement, they featured a flower petal carpet on the street.  We got there – streets were cordoned off and we walked at least a ki ..read more

  Peace Dove  Blair Pessemier   Acrylic/canvas  18 x 12"   45 x 30cm  475.00   We spent this week in Stimigliano, to the slight dismay of Berlino.  By way of a peace offering, we went to the beach at Santa Severa, where the sun was shining.   We walked miles on the sand stopping only to dig big holes.   Despite wearing my bathing suit, the surf was just too strong to swim, and a nearby restaurant had its red flag (no swimming) flying.  Harika, our last dog, is ..read more

   Dog Rose   Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/paper  23.5 x 17"   60 x 43cm  275.00   The other morning I woke up and tried to look at the weather report.   When I illuminated my screen, the phone burst into “heaven is a place on earth”, accompanied by a film of a German shorthaired pointer (Berlino’s closest breed relative) dashing about a field in Eastern Washington.  It was ever so much better than seeing the weather report.  Red Roses in a Vase  ..read more

4 May 2024  Roccamalatina, MO  ITALIA  Iris  Laurie Fox Pessemier   Acrylic/paper  23.5 x 17"   60 x 43cm  275.00   We drove to the beach on Friday – not one of those perfect turquoise-water places, but the closeby, rainbow light, dog-beach at Porto Garibaldi on the Adriatic.   One drives to Bologna, on to Ferrara, and voila – the sea is out there.  Crossing the Po Delta, we saw lots of flamingoes, in and around the risotto ponds.  There are actually ..read more