So we have been home long enough to become reacquainted with our lovely friend and framers at the Frame Shop and DaSilva Gallery in Westville! So many frames for so many paintings. And now they are ready to exhibit and find new homes....will they be findingYOUR home? Hope so! To start things off: for those in the area....tonight in Berwyn, PA, One Night Only Landscape Event....Frank Bruckmann, Provence in Pennsylvania . Two bodies of work sharing the same lovely space in a private home. Check out Fbruckmann.com for MORE! You MUST click on the thumbnails below to see the whole gorgeous painting!
Frank Bruckmann
A BLOG of the Work of Artist Frank Bruckmann as he Takes his Easel to Provence for a year with his Wife, 2 Teens and a Dog.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Farewell to our Year in Rognes, Provence
A favorite view revisited in all weather. Early spring morning... |
Friday, June 7, 2019
Crazy Fun May: Non-stop Exhibitions and Workshop Mayhem!
Above: all the posters from all the events in May |
The month of May was unseasonably wet and cold and completely insane. Our big shindig was hosting a 8-night painting workshop with 6 hours daily of painting instruction for Frank's 10 students from the US, UK and Austria. He worked them so hard that they needed to be resuscitated with great food and wines from the region that we were happy to provide. Every night we had at least 18 around the table and I made some of my finest meals for all...but the sweetest reward was provided by the dessert team of Jorgie and her pal/artist Caitlin who excelled in making cheesecake, chocolate mousse and other delights.
The artists painted "en plein air" and the locations couldn't have been more lovely....Ansouis, Bonnieux, Lacoste, Lourmarin and in Rognes, at the artists' residence. They painted all day at the Chateau St. Esteve de Neri in Ansouis where I delivered a gorgeous picnic onto the terrace of the estate where we cleverly paired the vineyard's delish rosé.
The gang on top of Ansouis, a gorgeous village up high. |
Picnicking at the Chapel St. Marcellin in Rognes |
Waiting for dinner at the Bastide du Fanny in Rognes |
Drizzle chased artists under cover to paint this live model. |
Frank giving a critique to his students before the concert |
Gathering for the art exhibit and concert |
Marie-Pierre Bout, piano, Jean-Christophe Selmi, violin |
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Behind the scenes: Christine and I in the fridge on the big shopping spree at "Metro" |
Some of the goods... |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Aunt Christine!! In the house!
Visitors have given us the chance to show off what great discoveries we have made in this region and to try out some new things....we got to know more of Marseille together....including traffic jams and confusing tunnels under the city with really bad signage that always lead to the wrong direction...which then needs to be fixed by driving for several more minutes around and under and through. HOWEVER, once you manage, there are delights to behold.....
We set out to find more Calanques (France's fjords) and our plan to visit the gorgeous Sormiou was halted by the closed access road...but amazing hikes will take you to Sormiou, which we have experienced and recommended to all who search the great beauty of Marseille's calanques....
We headed to Les Goudes and loved what we found on this lovely, albeit VERY windy spring day...
And on another day, back to Marseille and the old port with the Mucem art museum and fabulous outdoor spaces bridging literally the gap between old and new....below are pics from in and around the Mucem.
50 centimes gets you across the old harbor on the local ferry. Walking through the Panier district...
Mother's Day...almost bought that fixer upper (above) at the base of the trendy but slightly raw Panier district...or maybe just dreamt about it...and then toasted all MOM's we love... at the bistro Hotel St. Louis. Windswept but very content...
And at day's end I texted Arlo in Prague telling him that I was bummed that he was missing from my Mother's Day photo. So he took care of that, below. I love you Arlo! Knucklehead...
We set out to find more Calanques (France's fjords) and our plan to visit the gorgeous Sormiou was halted by the closed access road...but amazing hikes will take you to Sormiou, which we have experienced and recommended to all who search the great beauty of Marseille's calanques....
We headed to Les Goudes and loved what we found on this lovely, albeit VERY windy spring day...
Just because it looks like Christine is crawling on all fours to avoid being too close to the edge doesn't mean that is true.... This place feels miles away from those tunnels and wrong turns we took in Marseille...
But, just swivel around, and there she is, Marseille....with Notre Dame le Gard, sittin' like a marble cherry on top. And on another day, back to Marseille and the old port with the Mucem art museum and fabulous outdoor spaces bridging literally the gap between old and new....below are pics from in and around the Mucem.
Mini person wood sculpture only 18" tall and projection beyond at the Mucem!
Mother's Day...almost bought that fixer upper (above) at the base of the trendy but slightly raw Panier district...or maybe just dreamt about it...and then toasted all MOM's we love... at the bistro Hotel St. Louis. Windswept but very content...
And at day's end I texted Arlo in Prague telling him that I was bummed that he was missing from my Mother's Day photo. So he took care of that, below. I love you Arlo! Knucklehead...
More Dolce Vita!!!!! Venice!
Finding an easel stand along the canal.... |
There is so much beauty in Venice, even though it may be crumbly and wet and decaying....On the few days we visited, we would wander around to eat, jump onto water taxis, do lots of people watching...then Frank would take off to find a particularly interesting area where canals, sky, architecture and footbridges co-exist...and produced these delightful miniature painting "postcards" extolling Venice's particular brand of beauty.....
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 5x7" |
Striped Gondola Poles denoting Family Name, 5x7" |
Dogs allowed on the Vaporettos, if the captain has no objections. |
Gorgeous Grand Canal, Venice |
Venice Canal, 5x7". sweet! |
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Let it be known that squid ink pasta isn't just for eating. Jorgie drew her dad... |
...and then mixed him up! |
This is as good as he got on this trip. Barely enough strength to join us for lunch...then he'd go back to bed. |
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