[Aquanet] Back from Show

[Gilles Durand]

Hi Lorraine,

 

You are making us eager to know more about your current painting!

 

Odette Feller was actually exhibiting also in Brioude. Nice work too.

Maybe we'll see each other there. Next edition is in 2009 (it is a bi-yearly
event). Application will open beginning next year until around mid 2008 I
guess.

 

Regards,

 

Gilles

 

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From: Lorraine Dietrich [mailto:dietrich11 at sympatico.ca] 
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 10:48 AM
To: Gilles Durand; aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Back from Show

 

Hi Gilles,

 

Congratulations for your participation. I had the privilege to work with
Roland Palmaerts at Symposium international Jean-Paul Lapointe in Chicoutimi
last june. His booth was just beside mine. He really is a very fine Artist
and Man. Did you know that he has been President of Institut des Arts
Figuratifs for many years ? His wife Odette Feller is an artist too and
likes to work in watercolours and acrylics. Another excellent guest artist
was George Politis from Greece, Aquanet member. I was so glad to meet him
again. 

 

Working in public is demanding but very rewarding too. You get a chance to
know more about the visitors reaction to your art , how they feel about it.
On the top, you meet nice artists and the "camaraderie" can be very good. 

 

Congratulations ! Maybe you will come someday in a big symposium in the
province of Québec and maybe one day I'll go to Brioude Festival. Its been a
long time I went to France !!

 

Right now, I'm doing a really special painting, some final details will be
added today.

 

Vive l'Aquarelle

 

LORRAINE P. DIETRICH, iaf, news
artiste peintre / artist 
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français http://www.artsquebec.com/fr/html/oeuvre_artiste.asp?ida=1227
www.centrart.qc.ca/artistes/artvisuel/ldietrich/ecran.html

 

english  http://www.artsquebec.com/en/html/oeuvre_artiste.asp?ida=1227
http://www.eeag.org/ldietrich/ldietrich.html

 

IAF
http://institutdesartsfiguratifs.com/pages_public/artistes_fiche.php?id_arti
ste=5

 

Galerie le Bourget, Montréal
www.galerielebourget.com/

 

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Gilles <mailto:gilles.a.durand at wanadoo.fr>  Durand 

To: aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net 

Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:00 PM

Subject: [Aquanet] Back from Show

 

(the initial sending was without subject, sorry for the inconsiderateness)

 

Hi gang!

 

I am just back from a very special show dedicated to watercolor in Brioude,
Auvergne, in the central part of France.

For 2 weeks, around 40 artists are attributed an individual space to hold a
personal show, in 14 places scattered in the town. Artists must be present
in their booth at least 8 days during the festival, as a means to encourage
interaction between artists and visitors. Artists are also expected to
propose activities such as demos, on site painting in the town, and
workshops. The organizing team, while being very energetic and efficient,
manages to instill a welcoming, low pressure atmosphere to the show. Several
informal friendly meeting events between artists and organizers are also
scheduled during the show, to reinforce the atmosphere of camaraderie. 

I was flattered to be accepted in the show to display my work alongside the
paintings of some very fine artists. Roland Palmaerts from Canada was the
guest artist. I was also most impressed by the paintings of Cao Bei An and
the portrait work of Wen Ming Xin (his wife), but many more artists
displayed excellent pieces of art.

I was therefore surprised and delighted to see my own work faring not badly
as I sold 5 paintings, got a portrait commission, and several gallery and
show proposals. 

This, in all, was a very intense and greatly rewarding experience.

You can check the show website at http://www.festivaldaquarelle.com/.
<http://www.festivaldaquarelle.com/>  The "Artistes" section shows a few
images per exhibiting artist and a link to the artist's website ("site")
when available (I definitely must develop mine
).

 

Regards,

 

Gilles


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