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Château de Fontainebleau
The city of Fontainebleau is a 10 minute bus ride from my current stay as an artist-in-residence in Grez-sur-Loing. And at the heart of Fontainebleau is Château de Fontainebleau, the palace of Fontainebleau. This was the palace of several French monarchs since the middel ages, and the different sections of the palace reflect the styles…
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The Rock Art of Fontainebleau
These photos are from the exhibition Pierres secrètes: Mythologie préceltique en Forêt de Fontainebleau (Secret stones: Prehistoric mythology in the forest of Fontainebleau) at Musée de Préhistoire Île-de-France in Nemours. The exhibition featured petroglyphs, or rock carvings, done on portable stones found hidden in the Forest of Fontainebleau. It seems like the rock art was…
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Grez-sur-Loing Residency
For all of November I have an artist residency ,funded by Grafill, at Hôtel Chevillon, run by The Grez-sur-Loing Foundation. Grez-sur-Loing is a small commune a few hours south of Paris in France. I have a room and an atelier at the hotel, and my goal during this month is simply to do sketches and…