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Affichage des articles du novembre 28, 2014

HANDICAP - YES - but on I go.........

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I thought that I would be really handicapped with this - for peeling potatoes, I am. Who cares about that? but even if the photos are slightly crooked and that can be rectified, it seems that taking them, is feasible. Once again walking back from a luncheon, I saw this. Another new artist. Yes, yes, Squiggles you say or even tortured  lines?  Perhaps, but not for me. I see faces and figures all over the place. I could add too that Frédéric Dardel is a very nice looking man. He's young, 43 and divides his time between France and South Africa. It's not clear why he chose what he termed as a "captivating" country as 20 odd years ago when he arrived, it was probably not as easy to live in as it is today. His paintings certainly display a double culture. They can be chaotic as if he is searching for a new identity. His universe oscillates between figurati