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preparations during confinement July 2 GOT KEYS July 2 pretty damn excited July 2 some work to do July 2 doors to spray booth July 2 looking down from attic July 3 future print room July 3 moved drafting table July 5 floor is layered with clay dust July 5 repainting shelving July 5 added glassine to windows July 10 Hapa sleeps on 'clay' floor July 11 test circle of linseed oil July 11 spray booth needs work July 11 July 11 July 11 July 13 old studio chaos July 13 sealing floor with linseed oil July 13 July 13 July 14 July 15 found a glass palette table July 16 July 16 July 16 floor by Simon Holland July 16 July 17 July 18 grill by Simon Holland July 18 July 18 July 18 with floor comet July 20 removing exhaust pipes July 20 the old furnace too July 20 bags of dusty insulation July 20 July 21 July 21 Simon cuts up furnace July 23 surprise! gorgeous work table July 23 Simon uncovers and refinishes July 28 a friend's dog visits Aug 3 Aug 5 books Aug 5 Aug 5 Aug 8 drawings start to move in Hapa stays cool Aug 6 library beginnings Aug 8 print room Aug 10 Aug 11 drywall goes up on first painting wall Aug 14 Aug 15 library Aug 15 Aug 15 street view of Siorac Chateau/Mairie Aug 16 Simon creates new sink support Aug 16 bigger sink! Aug 16 Munch prepares for the move Aug 16 Saturn packs Aug 16 Aug 16 library Aug 16 Aug 15 wiring... Aug 18 Aug 19 future print room wall Aug 22 Aug 23 Aug 23 Aug 23 Aug 23 Aug 23 last piece from old studio Aug 23 map room for storing rolled work Aug 23 window by Simon Holland Aug 25 press needs to be moved Aug 29 looking for plants Aug 30 European hornbeams planted Aug 30 library and Munch Aug 31 what a rabbit reads Aug 30 Aug 31 Aug 31 Munch's favorite spot Sept 1 enjoying the large space Sept 1 Hapa waits in car Sept 1 repainted flat files Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 Saturn arrives Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 artwork begins first work in new studio 57 x 76cm Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 Sept 2 Munch & Saturn Sept 3 final sealing of floor Sept 3 Sept 3 virginia creeper vines Sept 3 Sept 3 large scale drawing starts Sept 3 Sept 7 indoor lawns sprouted Sept 7 light table for print room Sept 8 Saturn in temporary custody Sept 8 large painting on paper started Sept 8 Sept 8 Sept 9 Sept 9 The coal boaters hope for better climate 150 x 241 cm 2020 Sept 10 photographing new work Sept 13 sept 13 X3 print room.jpg Sept 13 sept 13 afternoon light sept 17 mindless mindfulness organizing sept 17 sept 19 Hapa on elephant bed sept 19 sept 19 another painting started sept 19 sept 20 sept 20 shy rabbit Sept 22 Hapa 2003—2020 Hapa Lawnboat Captain Hapa's last studio day Sept 26 Laika's first studio visit Sept 26 introducing Laika Sept 30 moving the press Sept 30 press arrives Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 6 Munch Oct 8 Oct 8 Oct 9 Laika Oct 10 Oct 12 water capture added Oct 21 Pigeon's house Oct 21 Venus & Saturn Oct 22 Laika wants to go home Oct 24 studio birds in front Oct 24 new stretchers Oct 24 sunset in the studio Oct 25 Canaries in the museum Oct 27 hard to stretch with Laika Oct 27 stretched! Oct 28 studio building Oct 28 exteriors from R X1500.jpg Oct 28 exteriors left X1500.jpg Oct 28 exteriors w chateau X1500.jpg Oct 30 Lawn cutting Oct 31 LAIKA Oct 31 painting moved to front Nov 1 painting my bedsheet Nov 2 heating installed thanks to supporters our heated portrait Nov 2 pigeons now fly free Nov 2 pigeons 2 X1500.jpg Nov 2 pigeons b X1500.jpg Nov 2 pigeons 3 X1500.jpg Nov 3 Laika asleep in warmth Nov 3 library repaint X1500.jpg Nov 3 Nov 7 front room nov 7 cockatiels nov 9 pigeons nov 11 new painting & watercolor organizing nov 11 adding low-cost insulation ... nov 13 nov 14 Chateau's pigeons nov 15 pigeons as love birds Nov 16 press X1500 .jpg Nov 16 press 2 X1500.jpg nov 16 testing the press nov 16 X1500.jpg Nov 16 test prints drawing X1500.jpg nov 16 Laika wants to go home nov 17 Lawnboat paddle hung nov 17 pigeons always close by nov 17 Laika's favorite spot nov 17 watercolors nov 18 painting continues nov 18 Laika awaits news nov 19 watercolor organizing nov 20 painting becomes curtain nov 20 mandarins growing nov 21 painting progressions nov 22 Laika heating up nov 22 sheet of zinc for drawing wall nov 22 glueing up zinc wall nov 22 metal wall ready nov 22 metal primer nov 22 smaller metal wall at work nov 23 working nov 23 Laika wants a break nov 23 with me watching pigeons nov 25 morning already? nov 26 nov 28 'relooking' the rocker nov 28 nov 28 x1500.jpg nov 28 nov 28 center of attention nov 28 canaries bathing dec 1 dec 1 dec 1 visiting Munch dec 4 Saturn (above) & Venus dec 4 dec 6 dec 8 dec 8 dec 8 dec 8 dec 9 kitchen counter upgrade dec 13 painting x1500.jpg dec 16 dec 23 more painting work dec 23 time to go home Siorac en Perigord RIP Munch Dec 11 2020 dec 15 xmas x1500.jpg looking forward to a new year

new studio 2020

December 27, 2020

a former auto body shop built after WWII then a ceramics production studio and now …

In artist studio, contemporary art, France, 2020 Tags artist studio, new studio, atelier, artist in action, artist in France, Simon Holland, Professor SImon
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