Frédéric Garrigues - artisan fleuriste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSOa2HDcRQZqxmd08NJkRB3n0XsIQgltW20D1dT85jwnbJuJ0NxqU7luDWGU1K_E5e-MRkXM4IIzdnGOvkT-mh5BCDUGdp467w9nq4RUCpdT3ZPsYjjMTXiV-ifJsyYlG-geVv8yJN-0/s1600/2013+May+0522+Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSOa2HDcRQZqxmd08NJkRB3n0XsIQgltW20D1dT85jwnbJuJ0NxqU7luDWGU1K_E5e-MRkXM4IIzdnGOvkT-mh5BCDUGdp467w9nq4RUCpdT3ZPsYjjMTXiV-ifJsyYlG-geVv8yJN-0/s1600/2013+May+0522+Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frédéric Garrigues</div><div style="text-align: center;">artisan florist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The objects in this Marais window caught my eye, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but when I looked on the <a href="http://www.fredericgarrigues.com/" target="_blank">website</a> at his </div><div style="text-align: center;">creative use of flowers and "objets éphémères" </div><div style="text-align: center;">I wished that I had walked inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'Atelier Frédéric Garrigues</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue Saint-Gilles</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Chemin Vert</span></span></i></div>

Frédéric Garrigues - artisan fleuriste

Frédéric Garrigues artisan florist The objects in this Marais window caught my eye,  but when I looked on the website at his  creative use ...

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Un jardin secret

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10393424663/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_225DSC_8317 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_225DSC_8317" height="529" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5522/10393424663_bfb8a1e175_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A secret garden</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just off rue de la Roquette behind a closed gate is a hidden artists' atelier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">filled with the sounds of wood planers and the scent of paint.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The paved courtyard provides light into the glassed workshops </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and serves as a quiet spot amid the work</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de la Roquette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un jardin secret

A secret garden Just off rue de la Roquette behind a closed gate is a hidden artists' atelier, filled with the sounds of wood planers an...

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Dominique Bart - artiste-peintre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9198008712/" title="2010 June 17-18 DSC_0673 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 17-18 DSC_0673" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/9198008712_4ba776f947_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dominique Bart</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Artist</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Si vous passez Place des Vosges à Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">vous rencontrerez certainement sous les arcades au n° 13 <strong> </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Dominique Bart</strong>. Artiste-peintre, </div><div style="text-align: center;">il vous montrera ses aquarelles et ses huiles représentant cette superbe place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have had this photo for a few years of M. Bart, but did not know his name.  Mon amie Marie found him and bought one of his beautiful watercolors.  He allowed me to take his photo, and Marie shared his name.  I have not seen him on recent visits to Place des Vosges, but would love to give him a copy of this portrait.  Perhaps I will find him on my next trip. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dominique Bart</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">13, Place des Vosges</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Dominique Bart - artiste-peintre

Dominique Bart Artist Si vous passez Place des Vosges à Paris,  vous rencontrerez certainement sous les arcades au n° 13   Dominique Bart . ...

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Canal Saint Martin - l'artiste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5O30K6dHWmlk3otJ25VsIyWXMz3hqwt6IwvyxjiTl0-GNvU5QOfGtXaULhBcmr9ER3V0yqDHsHoxi9W3lXhQNyiKKzpR5C8HYSoVop1QGprfpB8C8RUSYitV3r1x3TESI6IbTGAyEfE/s1600/2011+April+17+Day+6+DSC_0157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5O30K6dHWmlk3otJ25VsIyWXMz3hqwt6IwvyxjiTl0-GNvU5QOfGtXaULhBcmr9ER3V0yqDHsHoxi9W3lXhQNyiKKzpR5C8HYSoVop1QGprfpB8C8RUSYitV3r1x3TESI6IbTGAyEfE/s640/2011+April+17+Day+6+DSC_0157.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sitting on the bank of the canal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A sunny spring day will find many Parisians </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sitting along the bank of Canal Saint Martin.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Working with pen and ink, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">she scarcely noticed the passersby </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or the photographer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai de Valmy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Canal Saint Martin</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Canal Saint Martin - l'artiste

Sitting on the bank of the canal A sunny spring day will find many Parisians  sitting along the bank of Canal Saint Martin.   Working with p...

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Siegfried Courteau - Percussionniste

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8696860073/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_267DSC_8359 - color by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_267DSC_8359 - color" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8696860073_1665a2e8a9_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8697907390/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_267DSC_8359 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://siegfriedcourteau.net/" target="_blank">Siegfried Courteau</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To say that he is a percussionist is a gross understatement.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He is a musical artist, pushing the limits and producing delightful rhythms and sounds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He is versatile as seen here arranging his "instruments" of tone.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He appeared this day at an exhibition opening for artist <b><a href="http://www.remonbeauvais-orfevre.com/" target="_blank">Xavier Rémon-Beauvais</a></b>, a goldsmith.  The exhibit and acoustic performance were found in a gallery in the narrow pedestrian street, Cour Damoye.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The percussionist's tools are the art of the goldsmith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You must pay attention as you never know what greatness you will discover:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">two artists at the top of their fields... in the same gallery.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(small gallery)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cour Damoye</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is my contribution the the City Daily Photo Blogs </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Theme Day for May</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"The Creative Artisan" (x deux)  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Here is the link</a> to view all the participants for Theme Day</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Siegfried Courteau - Percussionniste

Siegfried Courteau To say that he is a percussionist is a gross understatement. He is a musical artist, pushing the limits and producing del...

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Votre lessive?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnF-riHqIWiKuNjcbd4xySlVpkuL1yKoI7LzO-EORpiCtFsPJL4DjrVvVrf2y5aTyYkKr07u4eV4jgDtYL2rmjXd6KEht80Y7S0PF9Mq_BPM22vRBf38thGxrv4MDwt0xeFpnyUDpuw2c/s1600/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnF-riHqIWiKuNjcbd4xySlVpkuL1yKoI7LzO-EORpiCtFsPJL4DjrVvVrf2y5aTyYkKr07u4eV4jgDtYL2rmjXd6KEht80Y7S0PF9Mq_BPM22vRBf38thGxrv4MDwt0xeFpnyUDpuw2c/s640/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laundry day?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No!  This is <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://59rivoli.org/main.html" target="_blank">59 Rivoli</a></span>, which is billed as the "cultural alternative in the heart of Paris."  There are 30 artists in studios throughout all 6 floors of 59 Rivoli plus the Galerie 59 on the rez-de-chaussée (ground floor).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  Originally, it was a squat started by artists looking for a place to work, live and show.  Now it is legalized and open to the public every day except Mondays.  Not only can you see the artists' work but visit the ateliers where the creations are made.  Galerie 59 has exhibitions running for approximately two weeks at a time with a vernissage open to everyone, usually on the first day of the show. </span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">59 Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">59, rue de Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001 Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div></div>

Votre lessive?

Laundry day? No!  This is 59 Rivoli , which is billed as the "cultural alternative in the heart of Paris."  There are 30 artists i...

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Printemps - l'artiste sur le trottoir

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjva_moWXjOaZwEfUF8niwsluskMQGTyuuBhtQMGA6J6j_mTrwpmMOOhlydCTkXOfT2aApmkvZtp8AJboPYitsk3M_JJO2wRlwkxZfZcZ7asxf5Em6sK1IZcCWvQeDrX3lD4ZsYG4yai4/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_96DSC_8690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjva_moWXjOaZwEfUF8niwsluskMQGTyuuBhtQMGA6J6j_mTrwpmMOOhlydCTkXOfT2aApmkvZtp8AJboPYitsk3M_JJO2wRlwkxZfZcZ7asxf5Em6sK1IZcCWvQeDrX3lD4ZsYG4yai4/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_96DSC_8690.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Artist on the sidewalk...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He was gathering quite a crowd, some taking a quick look and moving on.  Others lingered to watch the process and progression of this transient work.  I wondered if this was an artist who would create a three-dimensional work, but did not stay to its completion.  Two days later, it was gone.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, to my French speakers, is this artist "sur" le trottoir?  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps, le trottoir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, bd Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Printemps - l'artiste sur le trottoir

Artist on the sidewalk... He was gathering quite a crowd, some taking a quick look and moving on.  Others lingered to watch the process and ...

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Anna Stein -- Painter, Sculptor, Author

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjzr0p21OJEJvxOI7iJQdtO20YDRYN5hkzIo9w6_qJsW8C4h307TNXiFQHx3IaNGUm69NpNImf5VKbVaT4i8uPhQGHz3csoU1pdRfi8wEkzifmHAKSm3KO-FWiccm0DTjUcWSkBxoYeI/s1600/2012+jan+17++3rd_0406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjzr0p21OJEJvxOI7iJQdtO20YDRYN5hkzIo9w6_qJsW8C4h307TNXiFQHx3IaNGUm69NpNImf5VKbVaT4i8uPhQGHz3csoU1pdRfi8wEkzifmHAKSm3KO-FWiccm0DTjUcWSkBxoYeI/s640/2012+jan+17++3rd_0406.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Passage de Choiseul is situated between Rue des Petits Champs and Rue Saint Augustin and is one of the longest in Paris.  Constructed in 1925 by architect Tavernier on the site of four hotels.  Only a few elements of the hotel Gesvres were preserved, including the porch, which now forms the northern entrance.  The long passage resembles a street with two rows of house connected only by a glass ceiling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is here that the artist Anna Stein has an atelier and boutique.  As you can see from the window, she creates beautiful jewelry in addition to her paintings and sculptures.  The shop was not open, perhaps closed for déjeuner, and I plan to return to meet this amazing woman.   She was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936 but has lived in Paris for many years, studying at Les Ecoles de Beaux-Arts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anna Stein</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Passage de Choiseul</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">40, rue des Petits Champs</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002, Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Anna Stein -- Painter, Sculptor, Author

Passage de Choiseul is situated between Rue des Petits Champs and Rue Saint Augustin and is one of the longest in Paris.  Constructed in 192...

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Artisan en réflexion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGHWfenzZlxW1rfP1ksL4lBdNvH3gstNovhSLyyyubAAxXsouPdeTl14raYjhYSu5iKIOVy132jb5dYmVHcl3cfXpMq7OwlAmhM5poopGoLk85SMlCK8W8AImoWGGQPuIxj-ZCKv4jFY/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGHWfenzZlxW1rfP1ksL4lBdNvH3gstNovhSLyyyubAAxXsouPdeTl14raYjhYSu5iKIOVy132jb5dYmVHcl3cfXpMq7OwlAmhM5poopGoLk85SMlCK8W8AImoWGGQPuIxj-ZCKv4jFY/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0080.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The covered galleries of Paris provide a window </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">into the ateliers and studios of artists.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Galerie Vivienne</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend!</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span>

Artisan en réflexion

The covered galleries of Paris provide a window into the ateliers and studios of artists. Galerie Vivienne bon weekend! Galerie Vivienne 750...

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Marché Maubert VII

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRDEz7F9X2nW1OzOEuUuv_rnEqZGIAKTF3jfHTiK2dYXWGffj0LCiPyLEfaRAJLgaM8X8jwA4dk5Rvj3EUODtBG2XqH3gegM71l-EA0-4Z8nIPQXEgdmhTvxB1upCNpkfh5uIluj8Y9w/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0024.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615302718283428002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRDEz7F9X2nW1OzOEuUuv_rnEqZGIAKTF3jfHTiK2dYXWGffj0LCiPyLEfaRAJLgaM8X8jwA4dk5Rvj3EUODtBG2XqH3gegM71l-EA0-4Z8nIPQXEgdmhTvxB1upCNpkfh5uIluj8Y9w/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0024.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Found in Place Maubert, this thrice weekly market has its regular vendors of food, rugs, flowers, spices, and accessories. However, I had not seen this artist previously. He had a book with drawings and pictures of his work and some interested purchasers. I would like the tall piece but in general would only want a single selection of this style and probably would not buy it in Paris. What about you?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Marché Maubert</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Métro Maubert-Mutualité</span>

Marché Maubert VII

Found in Place Maubert, this thrice weekly market has its regular vendors of food, rugs, flowers, spices, and accessories. However, I had no...

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Zoom-Zoom VI

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdp6QeLELFjmZPgETsPlVxcMHfU0t0ohKKsmLjfpxk8JArHwK4gUcW6uBp2oexv6leHNezwoxnwXCnCdnxwEFFVCEBjDnsYGTCfMhtiqZSgWLhkcwwBGgo6zngEcxiiMK4ZZrdJ6kheJg/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0105.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607125252009386978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdp6QeLELFjmZPgETsPlVxcMHfU0t0ohKKsmLjfpxk8JArHwK4gUcW6uBp2oexv6leHNezwoxnwXCnCdnxwEFFVCEBjDnsYGTCfMhtiqZSgWLhkcwwBGgo6zngEcxiiMK4ZZrdJ6kheJg/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0105.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This petit garçon was at full throttle alternately pushing with his feet and coasting in perfect rhythm. I was glad to see he was wearing a helmet, color-coordinated with his balance bike, bien sûr! </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Can you tell that he is a French boy? Why, certainly you can... he is wearing a chic scarf<br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">... zoom-zoom!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><em>My dear friend, <a href="http://www.shellsherree.com/"><strong>Shell Sherree</strong></a>, whose artistic talent is well-known, has <a href="http://www.shellsherree.com/2011/05/francophile-friday-amour-at-bois.html"><strong>posted a watercolor</strong></a> inspired by one of my photographs. She improved on the original as only she can do with un petit chat hiding among the flowers. I am truly honored, ma chère amie!</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>

Zoom-Zoom VI

This petit garçon was at full throttle alternately pushing with his feet and coasting in perfect rhythm. I was glad to see he was wearing a ...

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L'Ebeniste

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo9f057DjCSuioMtZHKJfOTDRu_VIcigBM6EjVnhIfzhhJ3BhHKwo6bzzD-8nNO6dJubkvu48xfwux-Lvs2E08GhqQeITmTLu8Fj8S6NZ3x0ZO-kfmZVMYddUNmV5XJdwjMzAj48zmL4/s1600/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0212.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592679269414176674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo9f057DjCSuioMtZHKJfOTDRu_VIcigBM6EjVnhIfzhhJ3BhHKwo6bzzD-8nNO6dJubkvu48xfwux-Lvs2E08GhqQeITmTLu8Fj8S6NZ3x0ZO-kfmZVMYddUNmV5XJdwjMzAj48zmL4/s640/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0212.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <br /><br />This area of Paris is full of cabinet-makers and of those who repair fine antique pieces. I have a friend in Nogent sur Marne (Paris suburb) whose father was a well-known ebeniste and I took this photo for her. <br /><br /><div>This ebeniste certainly selected an elegant rich color for his atelier, n'est-ce pas? <br /><br />Didier Maulet <br />38 rue Traversière </div>

L'Ebeniste

This area of Paris is full of cabinet-makers and of those who repair fine antique pieces. I have a friend in Nogent sur Marne (Paris suburb...

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Gant d'un artisan

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgYm0TE_ubFidzbePRA7Ou9okLkz1powE5HTxM0ayM7Fv3XTwXY-9CldHcrrvRVolMjRrqrzD2tF9Q2tTN-LecrVRdqaXaHgZslvKSSJCC-wPypN0VIY2ieEtt4e4nmz_VMESvNwKVVw/s1600/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0249.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592337623180318914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgYm0TE_ubFidzbePRA7Ou9okLkz1powE5HTxM0ayM7Fv3XTwXY-9CldHcrrvRVolMjRrqrzD2tF9Q2tTN-LecrVRdqaXaHgZslvKSSJCC-wPypN0VIY2ieEtt4e4nmz_VMESvNwKVVw/s640/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0249.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In the window of the artists who hand-paint the bone china, we saw this glove (gant) and purple glasses. The artisan-owner must have been out to déjeuner. <br /><br />Wish that we had seen her at work. <br /><br />Viaduc des Arts <br />Avenue Daumesnil </span>

Gant d'un artisan

In the window of the artists who hand-paint the bone china, we saw this glove (gant) and purple glasses. The artisan-owner must have been o...

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Artist on the Seine - Paris Friend

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JmEX7il-hFT1GVx6GmtNgLeOYEHIaFDaKfJLgIpFeF392ZEAxGspWWvCQTjxjIOO6QG6iHKiMkKGiuYE6Ch6PW6Pm-2XrxIoqrrz9llrrOSC5gjagBc5kF6BDG0qDFn_ftdIBYHe5T4/s1600/2006+dec+paris--+Paris-270+%25282%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580429012815395954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JmEX7il-hFT1GVx6GmtNgLeOYEHIaFDaKfJLgIpFeF392ZEAxGspWWvCQTjxjIOO6QG6iHKiMkKGiuYE6Ch6PW6Pm-2XrxIoqrrz9llrrOSC5gjagBc5kF6BDG0qDFn_ftdIBYHe5T4/s640/2006+dec+paris--+Paris-270+%25282%2529.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>We met this Paris friend on a Sunday afternoon as we were walking along the Seine. She was painting when we found her and after a little chat we made a purchase, the very best type of souvenir!</div><div> </div><div> </div>

Artist on the Seine - Paris Friend

We met this Paris friend on a Sunday afternoon as we were walking along the Seine. She was painting when we found her and after a little ch...

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Un Valentin pour Vous!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZju-Zd1cKDWWsRHalZTFjMf1BjnmgKLTyyLPMEaD0w6XaziXhFpnLvfwP7QF29mlRoBCV5UOlg6kAVJbr4hLg0vfhaGn8hGSqxhl0TnHkksfXXS-PluewLGIfbJ5pe5liScxFFAGYBMA/s1600/2010+paris+orange+2+P1010067.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569696701261344178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZju-Zd1cKDWWsRHalZTFjMf1BjnmgKLTyyLPMEaD0w6XaziXhFpnLvfwP7QF29mlRoBCV5UOlg6kAVJbr4hLg0vfhaGn8hGSqxhl0TnHkksfXXS-PluewLGIfbJ5pe5liScxFFAGYBMA/s640/2010+paris+orange+2+P1010067.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Just across from Ma Bourgogne at Place des Vosges, was a gallery of eclectic art. This colorful heart of hearts by <a href="http://www.davidkracov.com/"><strong>David Kracov</strong> </a>seems just the perfect valentine from me to you*. His wall sculpture of enamel on metal is entitled "Look within your Heart"<br /><br />No chocolate (tant pis), but a pretty nice valentine!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artsymbol.com/index.asp"><strong>Art Symbol</strong></a><br />21, Place des Vosges<br /><br />*or as we might say in the South ... "the perfect valentine from me to all y'all!"

Un Valentin pour Vous!

Just across from Ma Bourgogne at Place des Vosges, was a gallery of eclectic art. This colorful heart of hearts by David Kracov seems just...

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