New French girl around!

[Karine Monaco]

Alex,

Thank you very much for your warm welcome! I consider that your comments on threads are always constructive, so I appreciate you took some of your time to welcome me

I had a look at your website, and I wish I could see the originals of your artwork. I am sure the expression of your figures and portraits are strikingly rendered.

There indeed seems to be differences between the U.S. portraits and those in other countries. I think all kinds of portraits are fascinating to create and to study. This is one reason why I find this forum so valuable. Not only can we learn from each other, but it is a great source of inspiration too!

[Karine Monaco]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for the nice comments

I learnt how to draw kind of the same way you're working on your skills right now. Your drawings and paintings are great and I am sure you are going to create very strong artworks soon! I had to stop drawing for about eight years, but when you come back to your first love, it is such a strong feeling that you can overcome almost any obstacle.

I wish you tons of courage to follow your path and hope to see more works of yours too!

[Karine Monaco]

Richard, Thank you! What a compliment! Concerning Harley Brown, well, I have never read his books, but as you told me that, I found his website and I guess we may be inspired by the same kind of people. I like to "listen" to what faces "tell" me, and I can see he paints a lot of native Americans, which for me would be a great source of inspiration. Unfortunately, I live a bit too far from America to have them sit for me

Why did you detect an influence? Would it be because of the color I use in the background? Anyway, I would like to thank you for welcoming me on board! I have not seen works of yours yet. I guess I should check the unveilings section or some other section to have a chance to see them. But I did read posts of yours about pricing artworks, and the information you share is very interesting. Thank you about that too!

Marina, bonjour !

It is nice to "meet" another French artist here. I have never lived in America. I wish I could go someday. Actually I have been thinking of living in Canada for one or two years, a few years ago. I wanted to do herbalist studies there, but right now, I am living in a place I am discovering each day here in the Tarn, and it is also very exciting. It is almost like going abroad. People in the same country can have so different cultures from their compatriots!

Your experience must be very interesting. I don't know Canada that much. Is Montreal very different from French cities?

Hi Ilaria, yes the Toulouse-Lautrec museum is inspiring. I felt exactly the same way as you did when I saw his early works, actually. He was so talented! I only knew his posters before going to the museum, and it was a delightful surprise to discover those drawings and paintings. If you would like to come and visit the museum again, please let me know!

Claudemir, I appreciate your comment and your message. I will try to send more works in this section or in the unveilings section - I don't know which section would be more suitable - as soon as I can.

[Luca Vallifuoco]

Wellcome Karine,
I hope that here you can find all the suggests you need. You just found some new friends.

[Heidi Maiers]

Hi Karine,
Your work is intriguing and your English is excellent and written in a warm, friendly manner. You will be well received here. Welcome aboard!
I know what you mean about forgetting a language. I took Spanish for 10 years and used to be quite fluent - but like anything else, use it or lose it.

[Karine Monaco]

Hello Allan, it is so rare for a monarch to quietly do her own shopping. Your queen seems to live an interesting and simple life in Cahors. I am impressed! Does she spend most of the year in France, or does she come here for some vacations only?

Ciao Luca, and thank you. I already found useful information on this forum, and being able to communicate with all of you is a wonderful opportunity. I hope I can also be of any help sometimes here. I know Italy a little bit. In what part of Italy do you live?

Hi Heidi, I am intrigued that you find my work intriguing

Well, I must admit I often have to look up words in my dictionary to write my replies, though I studied English for many years! The good news is that even if you lose it, you can find it back as soon as you decide to, with a little time of adaptation.

Thank you for your friendly message. I am glad to be well received by such a talented sculptor! A photograph of an artwork is never as impressive as an original, but still when I see the pictures of your sculptures on your website, I can feel the energy of life radiated by those artworks. I can't imagine how captivating they must be in reality. Congratulations.

[Marina Dieul]

Karine,
yes, Montreal is very different from french cities. It's just big enough to have the advantages of a big city but not too much inconvenients...
The bad thing is that it's not a high place for visual arts, and even less for figurative art ( but all this is going to change: I'm here! )
But for the moment I feel homesick, but I have to wait until this summer to go back "home"...

[Karine Monaco]

Hi Marina,

The bad thing is that it's not a high place for visual arts, and even less for figurative art ( but all this is going to change: I'm here! )

Haha, No doubt about it

I know homesickness too. I have lived abroad. It is a wonderful experience, but we get to miss people and small things we didn't even notice before we went away, but that we realize are important to us when we lose them. Hope you feel better soon. And, after all, summer is not so far from now!!

If this can help, do you know that we all get homesick when coming back and living in our native country again? This can take years, but sooner or later, surprinsingly, you realize that your host country became a big part of yourself, and that you miss it. Please enjoy your life in Quebec, for you may miss it someday if you move from there, even if you're kind of sad right now! Bon courage

Karine