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The Drawing Room

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Saturday 16. 10. 10 George invited me to go with him and Laurene to this show this afternoon. It was in the old church at the Carré Ste Anne in Montpellier. A very inspiring show of drawings from contemporary galleries in Montpellier, art schools in Montpellier and Nimes and works from the collection of Piet Moget. The theme was contemporary landscape and there were drawings in a myriad of styles from abstract, through naive to architectural, from the famous to the unknown. And the audience was as varied, from young parents with small children in strollers to seniors. Afterwards we had a coffee and watched the strikers marching through the city.

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Last of the Prairies

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Tuesday 12. 10. 10 Finished up another two drawings and have now finished the prairie section of the journey. Also did the base drawing for a large portrait of Daisy.

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At last the prairies

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Monday 11. 10. 10 Have had a good day today and managed to do three more drawings and have finally got out of northern Ontario and on to the prairies. I am now at the half way point in the series so have 10 more drawings to go before I get to Vancouver.

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More Drawings Cross Canada 2

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Thursday 07. 10. 10 I have been working on more drawings from my cross Canada trip. I had originally thought that I would colour them but now have decided to keep them as B&W drawings and then use them as the basis for a series of monoprints, perhaps coloured. The two drawings above are both Northern Ontario.

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Cross Canada 1

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Sunday 03. 10. 10 For the last week I have been working on a new series of drawings on mylar based on my trip out west by train.  I have begun four drawings  and am still exploring techniques. The drawing above is of Northern Ontario. More to come…

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St Mathieu revisited

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Sunday 03. 10. 10 Yesterday was a busy day. After lunch I drove into Baillargues and dropped off Daisy’s present for her friend Clémence with her Dad Jean-Luc. I then drove over to Claire’s for afternoon tea with Claire and her Mum. We had a lot to catch up on as we had hardly seen each other over the summer. In the evening I went to the vernissage of the new Vendémiaires show at St Mathieu. Interesting show. I didn’t stay too long as it was starting to get dark and was also starting to rain so had an exciting ride back to Clermont on unlit back country roads.

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Back in France

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Friday 24. 09. 10 I have been back a week now and it has taken me this long to get organized. George and Laurene picked me up at the airport, I have seen Gisèle and Jonathan and Carol. French classes have started again. I have reconnected with Kevin. Today went to the Alechinsky show in Aix with George and Laurene and think I have finally found a way of doing something with my trip across Canada. Looking forward to finally getting back into the studio next week.

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Last week in TO

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Tuesday 14. 09. 10 It has been a busy week. Besides catching up on all the people I didn’t see before I went out west, I have been to a show of Betty Goodwin’s notebooks at the AGO, seen The American starring George Clooney, and went to the Cabbagetown Festival which was excellent this year. This evening I went over to Carole’s for my last dinner before heading back to France tomorrow. Besides the roast beef and yorkshire Daisy read out a long thank you and description of our trip out west. I had a great time too Daze and thank you!

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The Wedding

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Friday 03. 09. 10 Left the ferry around noon and drove to Langley. Got a bit lost in the world of malls in Langley but eventually found our hotel. Checked in and cleaned up. Friday morning drove into Vancouver and dropped off the car and met up with the family. Explored Granville Island and then back to Langley for a BBQ at Hart and Pat’s Nic’s (the groom) Mum and Dad’s place. Saturday morning, all dressed up we drove to Hart House In Burnaby for the wedding. Low, key, friendly and intimate, elegant but informal. We all had a great time and Daisy even caught the bouquet thrown by the bride. Mid afternoon we went back to the hotel where Andrew, Patrick and I sat in the hot tub and had a swim in the pool. Back to Hart and Pat’s in the evening for another wonderful gathering of family and friends. Sunday morning Rob and Heather drove us to the airport and we flew back to TO where we were met by Jason and Julia. And the wedding bouquet survived the flight intact!!!

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Victoria

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Tuesday 31. 08. 10 It rained all last night and was still raining this morning so we broke camp quickly, ate breakfast in the car and headed south. Stopped in Nanaimo for lunch and a visit to their museum and then continued on to Victoria where we stayed with Louise and Doug. Had a non-salmon dinner Tuesday night and then headed into Victoria with Louise Wednesday morning in sunshine. Got our urban fix as we wandered around. Saw an excellent exhibition on Emily Carr at the art gallery and then back home for a BBQ. Friday morning we took the ferry back to Vancouver.