PARIS POSTCARDS 1993

my first Paris paintings as postcards 1993

RENDEZ VOUS A MONTMARTRE 2015

"Rendez-vous à Montmartre"

I knew Carolyn in NYC when I was still a student at the Art Students League and working in restaurants at night. The owner of my restaurant, Alan Stillman , also owned Fridays, a hot Upper-Eastside singles bar. We all used to hang out there and drink. For free. She worked at Thursdays. Wednesdays was a trendy disco.

I left for Paris in 1972. Carolyn remembers that I said "I'm moving to Paris to paint." I thought it had something to with a man who couldn't live without me, but Carolyn says it was "to paint".  She had held on to a T-shirt with one of my famous birds painted on it for all these year. Last year she found me on Facebook and has been a faithful fan. She and her husbtand, Chris, visited Paris a month ago and we spent an afternoon walking around Montmartre with Boston. This painting is for their home in Malibu. I put it on my Facebook page to an apparent success.

FLIP-FLOP ARTIST

"flip-flop" Ipad creation

EASTER SUNDAY PARIS Ipad drawing

"Easter Sunday" digital drawing from my Ipad April 2015

I'm beginning to get the hang of drawing on my Ipad and I love it. I taught myself how while sitting alone in the gallery, waiting to be discovered,  after my very festive opening at La Galerie 3F.

SPRING ART SHOW

Now for the 20th year.

My neighbor Anne Schubert visited the exhibition 

GABIN AND LE MANDIGOTTE

Le Mandigotte rue Lepic

There are two rue Lepics. Rue Lepic en bas, that is, between Place Blanche - Moulin Rouge and rue des Abbesses. At one time a colorful market street. So enchanting, I swiftly moved there  from my hotel on Avenue de l'Opera to the Hotel Prima, no. 29, my second day in Paris in 1972. On my third day in Paris, I learned that you don't touch the fruit. If you want to buy an apple, you point to it, pay for it, and the vendeur will hand it over. I also learned that real men drink (or did drink) un petit Calva with their café in the morning. The Café de 2 Moulins where I discovered this became famous with the film Amelie Poulain  and that and time changed the rue Lepic en bas.

Souvenir shops and banks have replaced many of the commerçants. One can still find tous qui faut for good cooking, but it's not the same.

Rue Lepic en haut, once you've crossed rue des Abbesses, is a serpentine-cobbled-stone trail that winds upward to Sacre Coeur. It's very pretty and has the charm of old Montmartre. Le Mandigotte is one of the most charming grace à Gabin the fat Lab that sits in front and does his fair share of begging, and Vincent the owner who has the magic touch for making all the guest feel at home.

M° SAINT PAUL - LE MARAIS

Metro Saint Paul Le Marais Saturday night

I had that déja vu feeling Saturday night when I came out of the Metro at Saint Paul then found this photo when I got home.

Metro Saint Paul - Le Marais 1994

LA FONTAINE DE MARS

La Fontaine de Mars 2000

Sigun and Joe Coyle asked me to paint La Fontaine de Mars Restaurant in the year 2000. It is one of their favorite dining spots in Paris. The painting hangs in their home in Sante Fe.

 I just recovered a photo of it and to be honest, I don't remember painting it. It certainly looks like my work with  my iconic Paris people. And I guess that's Joe and Sigun in the center. It almost could be Venice. Funny how all those people can walk on water.

THE LOST TRESURES

WITHIN THE RITES OF SPRING

reformed watercolor 2015