Art in the House
"Who is Art, and why is he in your house?" We mean this kind of art.
Art like this
And this
We'd seen his work all over the island and said over and over, "Someday we'll get him to make something for our house."
A few weeks back we walked past his studio and saw the door open, so in we went to find him painting a wine barrel. Heather explained what we wanted, which were strips like in the photos to put on our kitchen walls. We'd seen other examples but he had nothing on-hand.
We asked about painting boards we brought and he said no problem and even told us where to buy some and how much to pay!
After a recent storm we'd seen some driftwood washed-up just below his studio, so we dragged him outside to look down there, asking if some driftwood like that would be OK?
"Sure, but I'M not going down there to get it!" was his reply. We waited for the sea to calm down a few days later and went down there ourselves, dragging 3 pieces back to his studio only find it closed. Someone told him foreigners had come by with pieces of wood and since he had our phone # from our first visit, we soon got a call to bring them over.
A week later he was calling to say they were ready. And now they're on the walls.
Grazie, FIORE!
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