Author Archives: Jo Myers-Walker

Rouen shops

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

We enjoyed lunch at Dame Cakes tea shop (link to Google-translated page), housed in the former workshop of Ferdinand Marrou (link to Google-translated page), an artist in ironworks who created the tower on the Cathedral. Shopkeepers in Rouen are proud … Continue reading →

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Runestone and a watchful eye

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

Near the Church of St. Ouen, a replica of a runestone commemorates Rouen’s Viking history. Vikings (some of my ancestors maybe?) took over the city of Rouen many times and went home in the winter. Then they got smart and … Continue reading →

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Travels in watercolor

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker
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Around town

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker
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Painting on a rainy day

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker
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Monet’s gardens

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

These photos are from Claude Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny, where he lived and painted for many years, and his and wife Alice’s children played. He would paint in his boat en plein air and trees were planted for … Continue reading →

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Rouen sketchbook

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker
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Revisiting the studio

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

During our studio visit on the weekend, we were invited back to La Page Blanche to paint. New friends Agnès Dévé, Marie-Antoinette Girard, and Adeline Gouarné all studied in Paris (links are to Google translations). It was a good opportunity … Continue reading →

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Visites d’ateliers d’artistes

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker

Last weekend nearly 200 artists in a variety of media opened their studios for the fourth annual Visites d’ateliers d’artistes (“Visits to artists’ studios”), a chance to talk with the artists and see their artwork and where it was created. … Continue reading →

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Making friends in Rouen

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Jo Myers-Walker
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