Here are summaries of the most popular articles in this section and sub-sections : Maria Lluis: Elegance from simple materials Maria Lluis: Elegance from simple materials by Ellen Hall Maria Lluis’s atelier is on a nondescript street in Perpignan. Push the gate and ring the bell. She opens the door onto a spacious well-proportioned square room. Beneath the ceiling of wooden beams, the white walls are (...) read more... Rennes - Painting the sun Rennes - Painting the sun by Ellen Hall Pots of cactus mark the workshop entrance. Raucous reds, velvety blues and sunny yellows warm the studio walls. Rennes’ cascade of brown ringlets belie his 40 years, suggesting a Renaissance angel. Relaxed, curious and multi-lingual, he (...) read more... Gem Melville - hand painted textiles and a colourful life! Gem Melville - hand painted textiles and a colourful life! Click to enlarge The extremely talented Gem Melville was born 1949, in Vryheid, South Africa where she lived and worked until 2001. She has focused on textiles since 1992, working in collaboration with Zulu Women in community (...) read more... Quirkydotcom Quirkydotcom Tucked away near Coustouges is the tiny workshop of quirkydotcom. Unique, hand-built pieces of varying sizes and affordable prices. Rowena Hargraves, queen of the Quirkydotcom kingdom tells us...... "I moved here in 1987 hoping to pot (...) read more... Guillaume Bessoule : Sculpting Angels and Demons Guillaume Bessoule : Sculpting Angels and Demons by Ellen Hall I found Guillaume Bessoule at his worktable, his hands modeling clay into a four-bodied sculpture to be cast in bronze. To complete the piece he is going to learn traditional bronze-making techniques from a Burkina native artist. (...) read more... Collioure, Matisse and Fauvisme + Test your French Collioure, Matisse and Fauvism Open window In Spring 1905, Henri Matisse landed in Collioure, searching fo read more... Le Dôme - Port Vendres ArtLife with MM Brady Le Dôme - Port Vendres Gallery Phoenix From assemblies of legislatures that convene under them to zoological collections housed by them, domes signal unusual venues round the world. France has many, including Le Dôme restaurant, an Art Déco masterpiece on the Left Bank (...) read more... Albert Woda:Light emerging from shadows Albert Woda:Light emerging from shadows by Ellen Hall The first impression of Albert Woda is of an imposing and substantial figure. Once his tall frame relaxes into a chair, you are drawn into the blue eyes flecked with light, reflecting the visionary quality of his works. His very (...) read more... Fetiye Boudevin: A Sculptor’s Eye in Banyuls-sur-Mer Fetiye Boudevin: A Sculptor’s Eye in Banyuls-sur-Mer by Ellen Hall Keep your eyes open along the promenade behind Banyuls harbour and you will find a monumental eye staring back! The marble sculpture is the work of Fetiye Boudevin. It marks the entrance to her all-white gallery. (...) read more... Homage to Kenneth Snodgrass: Exploring time Homage to Kenneth Snodgrass: Exploring time by Ellen Hall “Take your time”, Kenneth Snodgrass’ 1979 painting, figures on the poster for the summer exhibition presented by the Conseil General at the Palais des Rois de Majorque. As an art student in Denver in 1960, he was (...) read more...

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