The New Author

Hello!

So this is her, the new author, the new contributor, and the new very excited participant (the one in the center, in the awkward pose with blond hair in midst Covent Garden, London, but more to that later) who is very honored to join this lovely group.

I am Catrine, I am from Switzerland, I am a painter, (should you be interested in what I do). So the basics. 

The details: I know the two of you, Gamze and Julia. Allison I have yet the pleasure to meet. 

My Gamze darling with whom I've had the joy of playing artist for 3 years already, was my New York coffee, lunch, dinner, brunch? well usually this turned into lunch by the time we both got moving, gallery, movie and museum companion. We are the shining twins. Remember, The Shining with Jack Nicholson? Or the Jane Arbus Twins? Well thats us, really. In another life. Well that was our given "nom de plume", a strange nickname considering that we were never constantly together, are nothing alike and not even the same height or stature. I have no idea :)  Back to coffee, there was lots of coffee, lots and lots of coffee, or rather coffee for me and "one chamomile tea please" for Gamze. She is the best coffee companion one could wish for. Now there will have to be future coffee meetings in new countries, say Turkey in September and then London next?

Julia I got to meet this summer while she was in New York for a very intensive course. Hallo Julia, wie geht es dir? I will never forget our Indian dinner "Unterm Chilihimmel".

So, I will do my very best to report about art in my parts of the globe. Next week I have a whole week of art in mind. I will have a whole week of time on my hands since one sister is leaving with brother as companion to Paris and the other sister is leaving with mom as companion to New York. This means I'm alone at home. In mind are: Fondation Beyeler, then St.Moritz Art Masters (SAM), thats if I can manage to drive myself the three hours up in the morning and then back down in the evening, and then Zürich.

Great to meet you on the blog,

Catrine B.