Bryant Park
New York, NY
Yuka Imata paints every morning in Bryant Park. From August 13 to August 24, she works on a tiny painting, the subject of which is a model sitting under an umbrella. Model and painter are eerily still and silent, in the mist of noisy and busy Bryant Park.
Overlook pavilion,
Red Hook, New York
On my way to Bard College, to a Saint-Saëns opera, Henry VIII, in the Sosnoff Theater, I found this pavilion which recalls Frank Gehry’s building with its aerial lightness.
The pavilion dates from 1849, the Sosnoff Theater from 2003…
Fort La Latte,
Plévenon, Brittany, May 9, 2012
Turned into the castle of the King of Northumbria in the movie “The Vikings” that I just watched. Not credited once! Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis have their final fight on top of the tower. Goose bumps when I think they shot the scene there…
Atelier in a Former Church, Upstate New York
L. and N. had their wedding ceremony in a former Presbyterian church converted to a painting studio. Opera singers and musicians gave a concert.
Private House in Upstate New York
Sunday, May 20, 2012
After their wedding ceremony in an artist studio, L. and N. had a celebration in this historic house. Behind the large tent, a smaller one sheltered a jazz band.