by Patrick Noe | Oct 20, 2013
My show, along with 3 Canadian artist residents in Vallauris was well attended, especially with local artists, and many were complimentary of my work. The setting was in the Cabanon, a small well lit gallery complete with red carpet at the entrance. Some individual...
by Patrick Noe | Oct 20, 2013
I am in Vernazza Italy in a region called Cinque Terre. Vernazza is one of 5 quaint villages along the coast and, along with the town of Manarola, one that I have done paintings of. The area is beautiful and I set out today to hike between these 2 enchanting villages....
by Patrick Noe | Oct 18, 2013
For my birthday I went to 3 cities that featured some of this the oldest and best preserved of Roman ruins. First stop Nimes to see the arena where gladiators fought in earlier centuries and now host bullfights. It is a formidable structure, beautiful and imposing. I...
by Patrick Noe | Oct 11, 2013
I took a narrow gauge train ride from Nice and gently climbed north north through villages until we came to the enchanting town of Entreveaux. Entreveaux rests at the base of a rocky mountain with the river Var snaking around it. Weathered pine, flowers and shrubs of...
by Patrick Noe | Oct 5, 2013
In the studio here in Vallauris I started working as I always have with Terra cotta clay and bas relief, but have wanted for years to find a more open approach and more contemporary look to my work. I don’t want to abandon what I have spent the last 15 years...
by Patrick Noe | Oct 5, 2013
This is the scene outside my window, and typically people hang their clothes from windows to dry. There are spikes on the gutters above to prevent the ubiquitous pigeon population from sitting upon their thrones on high and selectively pooping over your fresh laundry....
