Guests from the Languedoc region attended the vernissage May 3.
My ‘Reconfiguré‘ show opened in Roujan the evening of Friday, May 3rd. It was a wonderful experience. The Centre International et Regional des Arts, GaleriMSF is housed in a 18th C former ‘barn’, complete with stone rubble walls, ancient crooked beams and a tile roof punctuated by small skylights, which admit narrow streams of intense Languedoc light.
Bright blue shutters on the street side provide a distinctive look along the Avenue Henri Mas.
The opening capped 4 days of on-site work, and many months of preparation. Chuck and I unpacked the boxes of art shipped from Canada, bought frames, assembled the works, ‘mounted’ the exhibition, created labels, and a guest signing board. Gary, our host, made his own preparations, rehearsing with his jazz trio, and organizing our wine sponsor, Domain de Cadablès. While Jessie Jones, the resident artist and curator, ensured that patrons, supporters and neighbours were invited.
The principal gallery space displays my ‘Slat Series’ – a group of 15 large ‘reconfigured’ paintings that explore the theme of human intervention in the landscape, as well as several smaller works. The back room features my travel ‘Plein Air’ sketches, with over 100 reproductions strung like laundry! (Chuck added a few socks and shirts for effect.)
At 6:30pm, the doors opened, the wine flowed, and there was lots of lively interest and discussion in English & French. The jazz was sublime. Chuck presented my brief speech en français sparing me the challenge. I wore the beautiful jacket made by my sister Nicky for the occasion. One young guest drew me a charming picture of a tank as a gift. Parfait.
Enjoy this gallery of photos from the evening. Thank you all who helped, and attended.
margot paris 
Margot it all looks fabulous. You and Chuck did a brilliant job of hanging the show. I do want to know how the sales went and are going. The accountant in me wants to know that you will keep buying more art supplies because the world needs what you have to give!!
Big hugs to you both from sunny warm spring here. Xxox, N
You are AMAZING!