My Studio 2010

Some of you may wonder what's going on at Parisbreakfast studio. I haven't shown you many paintings lately.

This is a page from a book dummy I'm working on. In fact its pretty busy around here. Since January I've been painting up a storm for an exhibit. At the James Beard Foundation's Greenhouse Gallery
167 West 12th Street NYC It opens THIS Saturday May 1 and I have to hang it tomorrow.Eeeek Time for an updated tour of PB Studios. The studio back in October 2008, when my landlord decided to put in a new floor while I was away in Paris.

Eeeek My "Paris" studio at Hotel La Louisiane. I've been showing you lots of photographs of late. It's like a daily walking tour through Paris whenever I look for the stories I make up each day for PB.I am horridly late on YOUR PORTRAITS! ouch
This weekend Bear and I will hit the books nonstop.  
We haven't forgotten you at all!
THANKS PB readers for your patience.
 The portrait sale has been extended.

Back to painting!

Back to macaron researche for the book.

Natasha Bedingfield puts it so well:

Trying to find the magic
Trying to write paint a classic
Waste-bin full of paper
Clever rhymes drawings, see you later

These words are my own
From my heart flow
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

More PB Studio posts:Quelle Wreck!

Quelle Wreck 2

Come On-A My House...

It's My Life/ These are my Confessions

My Beautiful Paris Studio...

MY STUDIO

Paris Studio

My Beautiful Paris Studio - watercolor on paper, 12" x 15" 

Toni said...Those macaron's look so good. Looking forward to seeing more of your Paris watercolors. So I thought I'd show you my Paris hotel l'atelier (studio).

My bed/work table again.

Eurobrat and Naturegirl said...You slept on the floor? That's dedication to your art. Yes, I sleep on the floor since I wrecked my back day-trading = now no back problems. Plus I get more space to dry damp watercolors.

Anonymous said...Beautiful paintings. Technical question: Do you photograph your still lifes and then paint them or are you painting them directly from life? I do both. I shoot the still lifes to capture the changing light.Then I do thumbnail pencil value studies to figure out the composition. I use photography because my subjects don't always hang around very long - I tend to eat them.

A closeup of my Paris worktable. The time says 5:55 AM. I'm a "lark". I get up at 4:30 AM wherever I am. I've no choice in the matter but it's a good time to paint before I run out and start the day.

I picked Hotel La Louisiane because of this photo of their well-lite bathroom. My teacher, David Dewey recommended painting in the hotel bathroom, especially at night.

I used this well-lite bathroom to setup and shoot my still lives.

Kris said-Thanks for the glimpse of the glass teapot. So voilà the glass teapot. The pomagranate is from the Marché de Buci next door.

Café Mondrian on the corner of rue de Seine always has a welcoming still life set up and ready to paint. I'd shoot it as I passed by but never sat down for a proper petit déjeuner.

Too busy running