John and Toshiko were such lovely friendly people. The painting is absolutely stunning! We were so fortunate to see it at the breakfast at your place the other morning. I know you will both enjoy it so much.
What a fabulous painting. John is a very talented artist.
Butcherbird
July 6th, 2012 at 12:19 am
I absolutely love the painting too – can see why you fell in love with it. I look forward to seeing it framed. Will you hang it in Paris ? Then you will have the Loire with you there also!
Fraussie
July 6th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Yes, we intend to hang it in Paris until we go to live in Blois.
As I already told you at the bloggers’ breakfast, I LOVE John’s painting! While I agree that it must be difficult to render all of the different shades of green on a canvas, I also admire how he has captured the essence of the French sky. Thanks for including the link to John’s website.
Fraussie
July 8th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
I perfectly agree! John has kindly agreed to do an interview with me to post on MyFrenchLife.
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What a gem Fraussie! House looking great, especially the climbing rose! so pretty… x
The roses are lovely, aren’t they? I am always going to make sure I’m in Blois in June – this was the tail end!
Fantastic story! And since you nicknamed me Leonardo I like it even more!
John and Toshiko were such lovely friendly people. The painting is absolutely stunning! We were so fortunate to see it at the breakfast at your place the other morning. I know you will both enjoy it so much.
Very nice turn of events.
Beautiful! What a treasure!
What a fabulous painting. John is a very talented artist.
I absolutely love the painting too – can see why you fell in love with it. I look forward to seeing it framed. Will you hang it in Paris ? Then you will have the Loire with you there also!
Yes, we intend to hang it in Paris until we go to live in Blois.
Beautiful!!
As I already told you at the bloggers’ breakfast, I LOVE John’s painting! While I agree that it must be difficult to render all of the different shades of green on a canvas, I also admire how he has captured the essence of the French sky. Thanks for including the link to John’s website.
I perfectly agree! John has kindly agreed to do an interview with me to post on MyFrenchLife.
[…] told you recently about the beautiful impressionist painting by John Modesitt we have just bought. It is the first oil painting I’ve bought, but I have other original artworks […]
[…] floor mainly with French provinicial furniture. The rental went well, with our first paying guests, American impressionist John Modesitt and his wife Toshiko in June. We are now the proud owners of one of their paintings! The comments in […]
What a lovely story; lucky you! I love the painting and can quite see why you *had* to have it.
We’ve since had it framed in Blois but are waiting until we live there permanently to take it to the Closerie.