What will you put in your visual pocket from 2011 to pull out and look at in a future time? What will tweak your imagination in the future months? What does not disappear into your sands of time or lost memories? This is the criteria I use to think about my best aesthetic experiences of each year. Luckily 2011 presented lots of fine choices. I already mentioned 4 in previous posts. In case it escaped you
1.- El Cerro- art and sculpture park , Antigua, Guatemala
2. - Alfombras- Lenten celebratory parades, Antigua. Guatemala
3. - architecture -Cathedrals in Antigua, Guatemala
4. - Cuban Jazz performed by Ignacio in Antigua, Guatemala
5. - Rogier Van der Weyden altar piece in Beaune, France
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6.Burgundian Clay Roof Tiles, on The Hospice de Beaune |
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Clay roof tiles, central plaza Beaune, FR |
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Clay roof tiles, house in Beaune , FR |
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Clay roof tiles, Meursault, FR |
The clay roof tiles of Burgundy were a wonder to me as I love repeated patterns. When I had first seen these tiles I had under appreciated them. Now having spent days making plein aire paintings of which they were a part of I gained new appreciation.
7. The Burgundian country side-- I will definitely pull this visual memory out of my pocket and savor it along with the wine and Chevre chaud lunches during these cold winter months.
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Vinyard view point |
More to come-----
2 comments:
I like this project, and I am intrigued by the start of your collection. Those tiles are indeed marvelous.
You know the first time I went to Beaune ( for about 2 days), I noticed them but thought they were colored asphalt. This time I had occasion to look at them closely. Wonderfully 1/2 " thick clay. Heavy roofs, strong beams. Brought to Burgundy by northerners in the medieval times.
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