Spring Newsletter [🇺🇸*]
* Given this is a longer blog, a version in French will be issued as well.
A quick hello. It has been some time since I last blogged. Up until recently I was busy with art shows and creating new paintings. Recently that all changed. The world has turned upside down with rules, depending on where you live, of either self-isolating or required by law to stay at home with limited exceptions and sadly we may have had family and/or friends effected by Coronavirus. I hope that you are safe and well.
In France and while in lockdown, I am using this time to focus on my family and develop new paintings. I am not sure what the following couple of months will bring … taking it one day at a time. I had an art salon coming up in May 2020 but believe there is little chance of that happening. This is just a little note to let you know what I have been up to …that you may or may not have seen on my Instagram / Facebook accounts (JCWFlowercreations).
Following the Salon des Artists Francais at Art Capital in Feb 2020…
New artwork “Promenade Dominicale". I completed a 90x90cm “Promenade Dominical” oils on linen painting. Inspired by photo by Laurent Bouexiere, I wanted to capture the peace and beauty of a morning walk in the forest, whether on foot or on a horse. It is something that I enjoy with my daughter and our horses in the beautiful Fontainebleau forest that borders onto where I keep my horses.
29 Feb-8 March 2020 Bi-annual “Art Animal” Salon, Saint-Pierre-Les-Nemours. I was delighted to be one of 43 selected artists for this lovely bi-annual event. It was a wonderful occasion to converse with other artists, meet the public, and also provide a “live demonstration” of a new oil painting. It was to be my last external art event prior to lockdown.
So what next? I have a few paintings in the pipeline covering different subjects as it helps me take my mind elsewhere (like the beach). I also have a special request for my father’s 90th birthday, which is currently on the drawing board. The selection of different subjects to paint helps extend the use of my paint colors to minimize art supply shipments to my home thanks to my art suppliers that are operating online.
That is all for now. Stay tuned for snip-its / stories on Instagram/Facebook (JCWFlowercreations).
Take care and stay safe.