This is one thing I'll miss this coming month.

La Chapelle de Duke.

The Duke Chapel, overcast day. Impressive, chapel-y. Actually, more cathedral-y than chapel-y, given its considerable size: satisfyingly large and imposing.

Website updates.

Ok, I've finally put some updates on my website with new paintings - here's the link: www.dianeandjohn.com/latest.htm.

I've been getting the fabric for these paintings from this great place in Pittsboro, NC, which carries a variety of French and African imports (fabric, soap, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, baskets, etc. etc. etc.) ...here is their website, go check them out if you're in North Carolina: www.french-nc.com.

Speaking of Pittsboro, I'm fond of this house, which is right down the street from French Connections in downtown Pittsboro:

All bloomy! I *heart* spring.

Ahhhhhh, the trees, they are a blooming! Here are some in our neighborhood:

One week to go.

Hi! One week until I head back to France for another class with the good folk at Studio Escalier. I'm very much looking forward to it - a 3 week drawing class in Paris, then some time in Dublin (for fun). Here's an example of one of the paintings I did in the portrait class I took from Studio Escalier in Argenton-Chateau last April 2007:

Another painting.

Ok, here's another of these paintings I've been working on:

carnivore overlord 10"x10" oil on printed fabric 2008 Diane Feissel

"Facing South" at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.

Here are some photos from the opening reception for "Facing South: Portraits by North Carolina Artists" on Friday, April 4 at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art in Greensboro, NC:

John and Diane chatting; at right, Diane's painting.

A good crowd.

Painting of Jennifer with Gus and Sharon (with Diane's painting of Kevin and Jenn behind them.)

Another view of paintings with John and Diane.