Belu, by Simon (11)
Perry the platypus, by Simon (11)
Belu, by Guillaume (8). Belu was THE favourite inspiration for the kids during the week.
At the flea market
Asleep…
The annual family reunion is over, after nine days under a beautiful and blazing sun. We ate, swam, went looking for mushrooms, drew, explored flea markets, etc.
Our place is suddenly very quiet and we are back to our usual routine!
Circa 1993-1995, acrylic on canvas
More stuff exhumed from my past job as a decorative painter…
I remember using an electric sander on the first painting. :-)
But enough from the past, I have to concentrate on the present!
Happy Friday!
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Circa 1993-1995, acrylique sur toile
D’autres photos exhumées de mon passé alors que je travaillais comme peintre décoratrice…
Je me rappelle avoir passé la sableuse électrique sur la première toile. :-)
Mais maintenant assez parlé du passé, il est temps de retourner au présent!
Bon vendredi!
It has been a trip on memory lane since I started sorting out all of our stuff prior the moving. Among other things, I found a lot of old photos that I had forgotten about. Like these:
Acrylic on canvas and wood
Acrylic on canvas
Acrylic on canvas
All photos were taken circa 1993-1995
When I came back from Belgium in 1992 (that’s another story), I had to find a new job. A friend called to offer me a position as a decorative painter. I had never worked on big pieces or faux-finishes before, but that job seemed waaaaaay better than having to do polls by phone. Worst thing that could happen would be to get fired and have my pride crushed. I ended up working there for three years, until the company went out of business.
It was a good but tough school; we had to work fast and we tackled various tasks like painting on canvas and on furniture, create marble mosaics, layer gold or silver leaves on large walls, produce enormous chandeliers out of twisted metal wire, sculpt wooden surfaces, etc. We also travelled all around Canada to install our production. That part was like being in a washer machine for a week: we started working at 7 am and finished at around 10 or 11 at night. I always came back exhausted and weighing a few pounds less…
