16 June 2014

Art Monaco - Benedicte Blanc-Fontenille


Benedicte Blanc-Fontenille is a French-born artist exhibiting at the Art Monaco exhibition which was held in in April.  I commented on how well it looked against a black background but Benedicte told me it looks even better against a white background as the falling figures catch the light.

She writes:

"Life is nothing but motion. This movement is the fragility of the humans being.
That's the buried thing and the visible one, the folds that need to be unfold to access the knowledge, to achieve.
In my work, the texture evokes this fragility by playing with transparency and opacity. The colors I am using are inspired by the mineral, to translate the rebirth, the revival, perpetual motion of the cosmos.
The silhouettes of humans are appearing like a shadow caught in a snapshot whose movement is developing in the eyes of the spectator."

15 June 2014

Art Monaco - Chinwe and Jennifer


We're back at Art Monaco today and a photo of a beautiful girl, Chinwe, who was visiting the show with her friend, Jennifer.  They came from London.  Two lovely girls happy to pose for the photographers.


14 June 2014

Comfort or Mode


I know which pair I'd be wearing ...

13 June 2014

Window dressing


Fancy meeting you here ...

12 June 2014

Postcards from Monaco


Of course you can buy the usual picture postcard views of Monaco - but perhaps one of these has more appeal?

11 June 2014

Eze Village - Auberge


Don't you love this old sign? I hope they never change this lovely old wall.

10 June 2014

Eze Village - Cables and climbers


Cables and climbers decorate this old window in Eze village.

09 June 2014

Eze Village - Tomato Temptation


Bunches of small tomatoes form part of the floral decorations at the Mas Provençal in Eze.

08 June 2014

07 June 2014

Eze Village - the Golden Lion


One of the Chateau de la Chevre d'Or's golden lions making his presence felt in the gardens of this beautiful hotel.

06 June 2014

05 June 2014

Eze Village - Flowers in the Hotel Chevre d'Or


This is one of the beautiful displays in the foyer of the Chateau de la Chevre d'Or in Eze Village. The flowers are designed by Mara Ferris.

04 June 2014

Eze Village - Artist's gallery


The entrance to an artist's gallery in Eze village.

03 June 2014

Eze Village - Fountain


Fountain in Eze village.  He looks as if he's eaten a bad meal, doesn't he?

02 June 2014

Eze Village - Roses and Rocks


Another corner of the square we saw yesterday - flowers over an archway, a rock against a door.

01 June 2014

Eze Village - Square with arches


Another pretty square in Eze village housing several artists' studios.

31 May 2014

Eze Village - White roses


White roses in Eze village.

30 May 2014

Eze Village - Place Francis Blanche


A pretty corner in Eze village.

It is named after Francis Blanche (1921-1974) who was an actor, author and apparently the first person to hoax people by telephone - something he did on a radio show. He is buried in Eze.

29 May 2014

Eze Village - Old Pot


Beautiful old pot outside a house in Eze village.  The climber is Trachelospermum jasminoides, a native of south east Asia that you often see in the south of France. It's common name is Star Jasmine.

28 May 2014

Lovers' Lookout


There I was photographing the German Shepherd and somehow the young lovers crept into the photo.  The bench is on the Sentier Nietsche - this is the walk that goes from Eze village way down the hillside to Eze Bord de Mer.  The beautiful German Shepherd is Roxanne and she's 8 years old.  You can see a close up of Roxanne at Riviera Dogs.
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