Odile Oms – A door to art 3 By Ellen Hall 3 The door of Galerie Odile Oms at 12 Rue du Commerce in Ceret is closed. Odile Oms says it is important to mark…
Bridget Rook-Waterhouse was featured recently in ‘Artists & Illustrators’ magazine, to which many France-based English artists subscribe. The magazine showed Bridget at work in her studio in her house in Ceret. “It was quite a…
Homage to Kenneth Snodgrass: Exploring time 3 by Ellen Hall 3 “Take your time”, Kenneth Snodgrass’ 1979 painting, figures on the poster for the summer exhibition presented by the Conseil General at the Palais des…
Estagel art – Clare Gallaway exhibits….. The paintings of locally-based watercolour artist Clare Gallaway are on view (and on sale) throughout the year in the Restaurant of Hotel Le Plein Sud, Estagel. Since coming to…
2 Jean Paul Azaïs: Alchemy in the Aspres 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 The drive up the D615 from Ceret to Llauro affords views of the green Albères. As you enter Les Aspres, the…
Jane Mann: Three on the Table by Ellen Hall Between writing the must-have “A Day Out” for P.O. Life (of which she is co-editor), guide books and novels and being “a seaside landlady”, Jane…
D-L Nelson: Devotion to the Written Word By Ellen Hall I talked to D-L Nelson in a café in Argelès. She was in her regular seat facing the door, red hair and wide-rimmed glasses over…
C’est La Folie by Michael Wright reviewed by Julia Witherspoon Michael Wright has penned this true and very witty book based on his own real life French adventure. In the late summer of 2004 he…
2 Maria Lluis: Elegance from simple materials 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Maria Lluis’s atelier is on a nondescript street in Perpignan. Push the gate and ring the bell. She opens the door onto…
Albert Woda:Light emerging from shadows by Ellen Hall The first impression of Albert Woda is of an imposing and substantial figure. Once his tall frame relaxes into a chair, you are drawn into the…