Category: Brocante
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Who Is this French Woman
The French Mademoiselle I did not find this portrait in France. I found it inside a very small knick-knack shop in Northern California. A dealer of teacups and saucers, she had purchased an entire estate. The dealer told me that…
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Raphael and his Cherubs
POSTED: Two Chubby Children with Sweet faces, are needed to model for a painting Meet me at the SISTINE CHAPEL…Contact RAPHAEL. The painter, in his heavy linen stained smock, was very busy painting a woman holding a child. It wasn’t an…
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Reasons, Purpose and some imagination
Seeing things through a looking glass, without a Mirror “Do you see that piece of decorative metal there, it could be used as a picture frame?” As I point my pointer finger, to show my friend the direction of my…
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Antique Key to Chez Moi
The key The houses in France are old. The doors to the houses are old. So it goes to figure that the locks and keys, to the doors of the houses in France are old too. Often they look like…
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Bike Shops sale more than Tires
The Bike Shop where I Popped a Wheel-y of a Deal Glancing back at the table, making sure everything was just right: Knives on the right and forks on the left… that’s a big challenge for someone like me, who…
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Directoire Assiette
“Go ahead eat the Chocolate! The New Year is around the corner! Go ahead I can see you want it! Vas-y!” How could I tell my friend it wasn’t the chocolate I was eyeballing it was the pedestal plate! Gee!…
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