Well, I mean painting on canvas, to make an ordinary picture, rather that something to go on the floor...
I have started a painting course, quite technical and academic, an online thing, which is rather absorbing me at the moment. Decided I need to start from scratch again.
One of my three guest rooms has now become my painting studio. This is one reason I have been more and more quiet... But I finally looked in on this blog today, and was moved that there has been 17 people visiting yesterday and 15 today. I feel very honoured and surprised that anyone is interested now... My life in Mali was so turbulent and exotic and overwhelming that I can perhaps better understand that it created curiosity and a wish to see developments and events. And in fact the Djennedjenno blog still has a following that looks in and maybe rereads some parts. But here... life is quieter now, although pleasant and interesting in its own way.
I still have much contact with Mali of course, with the library who are still working on the digitization, and also with Dembele, my Bogolan manager/painter. We just had a new commission from an old client in Holland, an interior designer called Mariska Dietz. The fabric she ordered was painted in Djenne and dispatched to Amsterdam, but something went awry with the delivery, so our dear Birgit (well known to some who followed the Djenne blog) had to cycle over, investigate and help. She arrived in the sumptuos flat belonging to this designer (who, apparently is the best friend of Maxima, the Queen of Holland) and guess what she found: The living room was graced by our Bogolan, from a commission some years ago:
And Dembele was thrilled to see this of course! We believe some more commissions are on the way...
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