Frank Loret

I managed to see this exhibition by Frank Loret in Paris last month at Gallery Insula. Frank's work stood out, at first because I thought it was gigantic paper cuts. However Frank's work is not paper cut, it is vinyl flooring cut on a vast scale. What was most striking about this exhibition by Frank Loret was the shadows he created with these suspended vinyl cuts, it was wonderful.

Beatrice Alemagna

Beatrice Alemagna's beautiful illustration's about a lion visiting Paris. Beatrice has an amazing repertoire of styles and materials that she uses to create her wonderful illustrations.

Aurelie Mathigot II

Bamboo spoons painted and made into a hanging display by Aurelie Mathigot.

Jean-Michel Othoniel

A theatre of bubbles and veils, enticing and secret, 'Le petit theatre de Peau d'Ane' is an installation by Jean-Michel Othoniel currently being exhibited in the children's gallery at the Pompidou Centre, Paris until August 22nd 2011. It was originally conceived as the set for tiny puppets that Pierre Loti had played with as a child, puppets that Jean-Michel Othoniel discovered in this famous French writer's house.

Parisian Graffiti

When I came across this donkey, I remembered all the amazing graffiti that I have seen on the web in Paris. I never found one of the wonderful cheetahs but I was happy to find these two pieces.

Parisian Pigeons

I am wanting to share so much of my trip to Paris but I am going to start with a tiny project about Parisian pigeons and their elegant shadows.
It is strange what you notice when you go to new environments, not always what everyone else sees or acknowledges.
The joy for me is not the big picture, but the tiny unseen details that make up the whole. That's why I loved the sparrows nesting on the gargoyles of the Notre Dame Cathedral and the shadows of pigeons on the boulevard outside our hotel.
There is a secret magic that you can find every day, where ever you are.

Paris In Springtime

I am going to Paris, my first time ever! I will be back on Tuesday. Have a great week.

Neal Turner I

Neal Turner is an an American artist in France who uses a vivid naive style to portray his adopted city of Paris.

French Illustrators and Cartes D' Art

Above: Envelope by Arnaud Boutin

Above: Envelope by Claude-Henri Saunier

Above: Dot to dot postcard 'What is the mount of the knight' by Marion Billet

These designs published by Cartes D' Art are fantastic I love sending cards that can be used and played with. The illustrators that they have used are wonderful these were bought in La Rochelle last year.

Maps by Famille Summerbell

Below: London, Above: Paris

Paper Cuts again, the wonderful Famille Summerbell's new prints of their original paper cut cities, so far London and Paris are available, but more are promised.

http://www.famillesummerbelle.com/

Stencil Graffiti In Paris

Above photgraph is by Jules Backus, the image is called Zoo and is by various artists.

Photographs above: 'Mosko et associates' pool on flickr.

I adore these big cats on the eroded walls of Paris . I believe they are by the graffiti artists Nemo and Jerome, Mesnager please correct me if I am wrong.