picasso – TaB

For the last 5 WEEKS, I’ve been at an artists’ residency in the town of Vallauris, in the south of France, the French Riviera…aka Paradise. In between French wine, French food, and good-looking guys speaking French to me, I’ve been working on storyboards for TWO short films for when I get back to Canada.

Here’s some of what I’ve seen!

Sculpture on the side of the building, created by a previous resident names James.

The patio of Cafe du Coin, RIGHT outside our front door.

Pissaladière. Olives, anchovies and a tomato sauce on a pizza crust. SO. GOOD.

Church of the Miseracorde on another town square.

A statue made by Picasso, which he gave to the town.

This ENTIRE building was kiln for firing ceramics. The wood fire was built in the main floor, the entire second floor was filled with pots, and those holes under the roof was where the black smoke came out.

All of the pots on the main street are decorated!

EVERY Thursday night there was a concert down the road from us. This night, it was jazz.

Two of my colleagues looking out over the show.

Picasso lived in Vallauris for a while. There are murals and monuments to him everywhere.

St Claude, patron saint of potters. Yep.

We were invited to a beautiful 4-course lunch at the town’s community centre — BRIGHT colours everywhere.

…some strolling guitarists just showed up!

Antibes is 20 minutes from Nice by train. Its old town is amazing — dark, twisty, under-and-over streets and archways. This part is separated from the sea by a frankly intimidating stone wall. From the Port Vauban (home to multi-million dollar yachts and sailboats), all you can see of the city is the Musee Picasso, because its in a castle at the original town’s highest point. It’s very much a seaside resort, summery place.

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