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…
Dali fans will be delighted to hear that the musée Dalí in Figueres has just received from London the famous « Métamorphose de Narcisse », painted by the contraversial artist in 1937, on loan for three months.
2 Rennes – Painting the sun 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Pots of cactus mark the workshop entrance. Raucous reds, velvety blues and sunny yellows warm the studio walls. Rennes’ cascade of brown ringlets…
2 Balbino Giner – Painter of Words 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 First you are struck by the day-glo pinks, limes and yellows of his canvases. The words emerge from the black background only…
2 Fred Herbert – The play’s the thing 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 In his big floppy “great writer’s hat” Fred Herbert has the scruffy, frenzied look of the mad, but irresistible drama teacher…