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Lemons and Lemon Trees

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Last year was a year of chaos. I was wading through too much info and too many activities.

And I was promoting other artists because an art gallery in a medieval French village was gifted to me. It’s the Nouvelle Galerie Massillon in the historic center of Hyères. It’s an artist’s village truly off the beaten track. 

For the gallery I opened an Etsy shop, currently hosting my illustrations, paintings, and food icons. The ceramics are coming soon. Lemons and lemon trees are the theme for January. Yellow is the happiest colour on the palette. Read below why I was inspired to paint Lemon trees Here is a discount code for 25% off all artwork from today until January 18th. 

Lemon Food Icon
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon in terra cotta
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Mock up of a Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
The artist is creating a Lemon Tree Painting, Angie Brooksby

Yellow brightens the spirit. 

Everyone should have a lemon tree painting on their wall.

Angie
Terra cotta lemons created by Angie Brooksby

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Why do I like to paint Lemon Trees

One of the best things about living here is the citrus trees. The lemon trees are loaded with yellow fruits. My mouth waters when I see them. The aroma from the blossoms mixes with the sea breeze. Last year I painted my first lemon tree. This year lemon trees will be a constant on my easel. For years I have painted cityscapes from photographs. My illustrations are the inspiration for my lemon tree paintings. They are lighthearted. They come from my joy of drawing.

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The Cafe Le Descartes

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Here in my Gallery on the French Riviera I talk to you about my latest painting. Cafe Le Descartes. A nocturne Parisian cafe scene from my signature series the Blue Hour of Contemporary Paris. This cafe is on rue Descartes in the Latin Quarter. I have walked by this cafe often.
It’s going to be fun to be back in Paris for a visit.

link to the Gallery’s Etsy Shop

https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/angie-brooksby-arcangioli-parisian-nocturne-cafe-descartes-1902101

Watercolours to collect – from Angie

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Gift a watercolour for the holidays. Add to your collection.

Click on the photo to go to my temporary online shop.

Here’s some news from the French Riviera

Life on the Riviera is sunny but chilly this time of year. My exhibition of the Salt Flats that I worked on for 2 years is viewable for another ten days at the Nouvelle Galerie Massillon.

In April I posted about becoming the owner of this well-known gallery, then it gobbled me up. Managing it, creating my own work, and having a family is a lot to juggle. The chaos of it all slammed me into a mental fog bank.

I’m finally back painting after months of confusion. 

Why was I confused? I didn’t know what to paint and didn’t know what to do with the gallery. What to exhibit. What art to focus on.

In France realism painting is old school. That’s what I do. I felt embarrassed to show my work in my own gallery. Can you believe it? I was trying to paint things that have nothing to do with me. I slept as much as I could. I even fell asleep driving after teaching a workshop on the beach. That was a wake-up call. 

After a season of exhibitions by several different artists (and many naps) I settled into the gallery space with an exhibition of plein air paintings that I did on the historical salt flats. Surprisingly, it is the exhibition that has had the most success, especially with locals. That cleared the cloud of confusion and embarrassment. I also joined a facebook group for plein air painters and posted a photo of me painting on the salt flats. It got more comments and likes than many of my posts.

The Nouvelle Galerie Massillon is going to be a gallery for realism with a focus on plein air painters. 

One of my goals is to create a plein air competition.

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My Own Art Gallery On the French Riviera

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

My life as an artist changed in a big way since December. In March I became the owner of an art Gallery in Hyères, someone gave it to me. I thank that person from the bottom of my heart. The gallery is well known all over the Var, that’s the region on the French Riviera that encompasses the turquoise beaches from Toulon to Saint Tropez. Hyères is in the middle. It’s that little needle that sticks out into the crystalline waters of the French Riviera. The Olympic Games will be here next summer.

The gallery is on the main pedestrian street, 26 Rue Massillon. It’s called click >>La Nouvelle Galerie Massillon. I thought of changing the name to Galerie Brooksby but it didn’t seem right. Galerie Brooksby is light and easy. Galerie Massillon has punch. And the gallery came with some serious baggage. I’ll tell you about it in a minute. Let’s talk about Hyères.

Queen Victoria had a villa here. It’s a museum now. The jet set came here once upon a time. Belmondo, Serge Gainsbourg, Dalida, Charles de Gaule, Simone Veil, Aznavour, Chiraq, Mitterand… etc.

From the Book C’était Hyères.

But Hyères seemed to fall off the beaten track when huge shopping centres were built 20 minutes west. Lots of people come here and spend a week at the beach then never come into the historic center. The town is a jewel. It has museums, lots of art galleries, and artists’s ateliers. Excellent restaurants and an amazing market on Saturday mornings. It’s not overrun with international franchises. It’s got local shops with local products and produce. Maybe I shouldn’t be telling you this. Our little paradise will explode.

For the last nine or ten years my gallery hosted a slew of exhibitions. Every week a new show happened. A club of amateurs showed here for years. Professional painters and sculptures as well.

I was overjoyed to open the door the first time and settle in. A few days later I felt like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, lifted off my feet and swirling in a storm of battles. The French administration was the easy part. The worst was having to tell all the artists who planned to show here this year that I could not honour their shows. I decided to host professional artists and young artists. I can’t talk about lots of things that happened. Too personal.

On April 22 I inaugurated the gallery with a series of oil paintings done onsite. Charlotte Wood did a Gong Bath. My whole family came across the Atlantic and down from Paris and Germany to support me and to be there.

Here is the poster for the show I am having until May 30th. And one of my new works that is a street in Hyères.

Come visit me. I’ll be there until May 30th, End of July to Mid August. Again in September. Most of the summer several artists will have solo exhibitions.

La Nouvelle Galerie Massillon

26 rue Massillon

83400 Hyères France

Tuesday – Thursday
2pm – 7pm, Friday 11- 7pm, Saturday 9:30- 12:30 2pm-7pm

Happy Thanksgiving

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

I am grateful for many things. This gift of life, my wonderful mother & my father, my brother, my daughter, the kind things my husband has done for me. The water in the faucet. Especially when there isn’t any. The simple things impress me most. Food on the table shared with friends and fam is priceless. I miss being with you. The South of France is far away from my homeland. Turkey day isn’t the same… Here it’s all about Black Friday. And so here is a coupon code to shop on my website.

15% off for purchases over 60 Euro

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Here are a few new ones that could be available for 35 euro on my online shop > Clic on the link to see < A new tab will open.

Pen and Windsor Newton watercolour on Canson 300 gr archival paper size A5.

November 25 -26 -27 come see me at the biggest art salon in the Var.

Femminart

see the flyer below.

These buildings are in the town of Hyères. It’s the town where I now live and paint. I did this illustration as a demonstration during an urban sketch workshop. I will be taking it to the Salon Femminart if it is still available.

The art fair Femminart has 280 women artists and creators who will exhibit and sell their work for three days. The salon is visited by nearly 8000 people. Come see me. It’s in the Palais de Neptune in Toulon.