Interviews and portraits
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Keith Van Sickle, a part-time life in France
- Par nbesse
- Le 06/04/2022
- Dans Interviews and portraits
American born author Keith Van Sickle first visited France, and more especially Provence, almost 30 years ago.
As he and his wife described this early France encounter, “ it was love at first sight ” !
But it was not until 2008 that the couple decided to make the final step : to start living a part-time French life, “ between Provence and California ” .
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The Jamin Gallery, in Uzès
- Par nbesse
- Le 04/04/2022
- Dans Interviews and portraits
FR - Named after its founder, David Jamin, the gallery - and workshop Jamin is located, since 2013, in a historic house with centuries-old vaults in the centre of Uzès, rue Saint-Théodorit, a privileged setting for his shimmering colours paintings, with frank and dynamic brushstrokes.
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Mary Lou Longworth, a Canadian novelist in Provence
- Par nbesse
- Le 02/03/2022
- Dans UzEssentiel in English
Residing in France since 1997, and more specially in Aix-en-Provence, Mary Lou Longworth left Santa Cruz, in California, where she had lived with her family for ten years, to live the French life.
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Terre d'Agathe, or how to become a ceramist
- Par nbesse
- Le 17/02/2022
- Dans UzEssentiel in English
FR - Agathe has been passionate about ceramics for a long time.
And, one day, she decided to make a rather drastic professional move and became a ceramist.
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Mireille Feuillie-Casalis, or when "a ray of sunlight gives the brush an alert heart"
- Par nbesse
- Le 04/01/2022
- Dans UzEssentiel in English
FR - Originally from the South of France, and a Uzétienne by adoption, the painter Mireille Feuillie-Casalis loves colour.
"I was born in the middle of boxes of pastels and watercolours..."
From the Beaux-Arts of Nantes to the illustrations of her doctoral theses during her studies in biology, from the inspiring exchange with Moroccan artists, strong of their "non-figurative tradition, more open to form and decoration" during her years in Casablanca, to the artists' workshop she runs in Uzès from the end of the 70s, Mireille Feuillie-Casalis pursues her training and gradually returns to watercolour, an art all in delicacy and poetry.
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A French Collection, a French Travel & Lifestyle blog about life in France
- Par nbesse
- Le 18/10/2021
- Dans UzEssentiel in English
Un site, une page Instagram, des box, A French Collection, c’est un peu tout ça à la fois, en fait.
Mais A French Collection, c’est aussi et surtout la touche de sa créatrice, Annette Charlton, une australienne tombée amoureuse de la France en 2009.
a French Travel & Lifestyle blog about life in France - '100% French mood'
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Gérard Bellaïche, a fascinating way to sculpt
- Par nbesse
- Le 01/07/2021
- Dans UzEssentiel in English
FR - Welcomed by Lynda and Gérard Bellaïche, UzEssentiel has discovered the creations of a very inspired artist.
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Prosper Mérimée and the pont du Gard
- Par nbesse
- Le 29/05/2021
- Dans UzEssentiel in English
FR - In 1834, Prosper Mérimée is thirty years old. Appointed inspector general of the French Historical Monuments, he starts to travel through France and its architectural heritage and tries to find a way to protect it.