Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

Haribo Reglisse

oil on canvas

20x20cm

Haribo L'Ourson d'Or today 121212

L'Ourson d'Or

oil on canvas

15x15 cm

So today was supposed to be the end of the word or is that supposed to happen on the 21st.

136 Haribo Hari Coco

Haribo Hari Coco

n 136

oil on gessoboard

15x15cm (6x6 inches)

Will be available at the stand 54 under the tent at the GMAC- Grand Marché d'Art Contemporain Bastille- Paris 28 October - 1 November.  Under the tent.

The GMAC hosts over 1000 artists.  Not very many are under the heated tent, I got lucky and will be sharing a stand with a sculptor.  She has a great corner position close to one of the entries.  Thousands of people walk by. If you want an invitation to enter contact me at: tuscanartistATyahoo.it 

133 Haribo Tagada

Haribo Tagada

oil on gessoboard

15x15cm (6x6 inches)

It was nice to catch a ray of sunshine in my studio for about an hour.  The direct sunlight makes lovely contrast, much more inspiring than electric lighting. Note that only the sac and shadow are painted, the background is just the color from the defective tube of Ivory black that I bought.  It tends towards a red-purple.  I'll be sorry when the tube is finished because I don't know what color to look for.  The color is close to mixing normal Ivory black and cadmium red but the consistency is different.  Ivory black is smooth like soft butter and cadmium red is pasty.  This defective tube of Ivory black that I'm using is neither and even if I mix the latter two the consistency is just not the same.

This will be for sale at the Grand Marché d'Arte Contemporain 28 October-1 November 2011 - Bastille, Paris.

STAND 54 under the tent.  If you need tickets let me know.  There are over 1000 artists exhibition and the quality is pretty good.

132 Haribo Dragibus

Haribo Dragibus

oil on gessoboard

15x15cm (6x6 inches)

will be for sale at the Grand Marché d'Arte Contemporain 28 October-1 November 2011 - Bastille, Paris.

STAND 54 under the tent.  If you need tickets let me know.

131 Haribo Floppy

Haribo Floppy

oil on gessoboard

15x15cm (6x6 inches)

will be for sale at the Grand Marché d'Arte Contemporain 28 October-1 November 2011 - Bastille, Paris.

STAND 54 under the tent.  If you need tickets let me know.

I never ate candy in my life, until recently.  That's a lie, right.  Well this stuff just beckons to you then when you open the sack they all careen to the floor and because of the five second rule your mouth is full before you know it.  Melting sugar attacks your teeth and tastebuds.  You have to have more because whoever designed these made them taste like brandy.  Yes that's right Brandy!

130 Haribo Schtroumpf

Haribo Schtroumpf

oil on gessoboard

15x15cm

In most corner stores in Paris there is an entire selection of Haribo sachets.  There must be about 20 different kinds.  This is the smurfs.  Recently I realized that the smurfs were already sixty years old. Peyo, alias Pierre Culliford created them in 1958. 

This Haribo painting along with the other Haribo sachets will be for sale —as a collection—at the GMAC (Grand Marché d'Art Contemporain) - more on that later.

126 Haribo Polka

Haribo Polka

N°126-

15x15 cm  (aprox 6"x 6'" inches)

oil on gessoboard, made in Italy

My brushstrokes are nervous, I like them that way...  

Stylized violins and physharmonicas decorate the green part of this Haribo package.  It's a pell-mell polka:  raspberry flavored balls and licorice sticks and yellow lumps, shakin' it up.

n 95 Haribo l'Ourson d' Or

Haribo l'Ourson d' Or - n 95 .
and just for fun...