Monday, August 21, 2006

Riviera

Here are some pics from my recent break in the South. Unfortunately the Musée Picasso Nice is closed for a year but the Musée Matisse made a fine second choice.



The museum is housed in a beautiful 17th century villa where Matisse lived.




Sketches I made of sculpture by Matisse.


Cannes is dotted with buildings that have enormous cinema themed murals painted on them.







These sand sculptures were drawing crowds on the beach at Cannes.

6 comments:

MikeS said...

It looks like paradise. Those wall murals are ever impressive.

A bientot.

the doodlers said...

Those sand sculptures remind me of EEK THE CAT, a cartoon we worked on way back when. But these sand sculpture guys look like they're pretty liberated, what with suckling the kids in public and all...
Cheerio!
~Arna

Oscar Grillo said...

The sand sculptures remindme of Elliot.

Matt Jones said...

It's the glazed expression & lolling tongueno doubt ?-

Oscar Grillo said...

Now that you mention it, I think that's what it is!....And the hairy legs.

Richard Gaines said...

Those walls with the Trumpe l'oeil movie memorabilia is certainly deceived my eye the first time I saw them! I can't fathom any words that can describe the "awesomeness" of these paintings. Paris must be great!

Richard