November 23, 2015

November 23 -  We returned from Europe Nov. 13th [Friday - but we were lucky in that we left Paris on the 12th!]    We all  abhor the violence that kills innocent people and must also face our responsibility in it's origins.  I personally feel more bombing is not going to stop terrorism;  to me bombing people, buildings, animals and the earth is terrorism also.  My own art has addressed this for over 30 years,and so have many great artists, like Goya and Picasso.  We spent wonderful hours at the Picassso ,  the Louve and Dorsee   Museums.   We also visited the house  where Van Gogh died and the cemetery where his body lies.  I cried.

Visiting Friedrich Geier's studio [and home]  was a very special high point and purpose of the trip.  I had met and spoken with him in Basel, Switzerland in the Spring of 2013, and have shown 5 of his 'Drawings since February of  this year, to great enthusiasm for the unusual, stunningly original and beautiful works.  I was awed at viewing over 20 works and being able to select with him a dozen new pieces which are now showing since November 21, in A SEA Gallery.  Every viewer is dee
Meadow Depths


Greeen Mantle


Glances & Expressions


ply moved and impressed.