René D. Shoemaker
Athens, Ga
Intrigued by the way spaces work together & how people inhabit-and interact-with those spaces; living in France as well as the US is informing my art anew!
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The church was a wonderful discovery in a French town, Port Vendres, on the Mediterranean coast near the border with Spain. Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle -”Our Lady of Good News” is a fitting name for a late 19th century church whose town is a fishing and cargo port. I can imagine the women of the village awaiting the return of their loved ones from the sea and being so glad of their safe return that they prayed to Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle. The church faces the harbor, and I loved the idea of this amazing building inviting people to come in - whether it be by foot, by bike, by auto, or by boat.
- Framed: 27 x 25 x 1 in
- Subject Matter: Architectural/Landscape/Seascape
- Collections: France
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