The Journey

The Journey. Putting it on a canvas.

Acrylic, Mixed media. Francoise-Marie Thein 2014

Florida. Mosaic, Glass Mixed Media

Florida. Mosaic, Glass Mixed Media

Florida. Mosaic, Glass, Mixed Media

Françoise -Marie Thein

Today's Opening of my Art Show

Today's Opening of my Art Show

January 10, 2014 

4259 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, Florida

 

 

 

 

The Show

 

 

 

Fused Glass

 

 

Fused Glass

 

 

 

 

Fused Glass

 

Fused Glass

 

 

 

Ceramics, Fused Glass, Mixed Media

 

 

 

Fused Glass

 

 

 

Fused Glass

 

 

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

“The world is full of good people who do bad things, mon cher!” (Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective)

This  post  is in self-interest: It so happens that my work gets into various places in the world. And sometimes gets stolen.

Five years ago, the family of Kentucky Fried Chicken Founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, acquired a bronze sculpture, "The Ballerina" to accompany Margaret Sanders' poem "My Darling" on her Grave memorial at theLouisville Cave Hill Cemetery, in Kentucky. It is famous for its art and atmosphere. But alas, "The Ballerina" was stolen, about a month ago. The sculpture is a limited edition. This was # 2 out of seven, signed "Françoise-Marie". Born in Belgium, I call upon the Hercule Poirot in you to catch the thief. 

Again the world is full of good people who do bad things. Proof, another theft occurred during a Traveling Exhibition with Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg in France, several years ago. My bronze sculpture "LaPenseuse" or "The Thinker" was stolen in the City of Metz. The sculpture was one of a limited edition of 7. It was never found again. 

Every morning, a small part of humanity gets up with no good intent, the insurance guy would say.

Margaret Sanders' Poem on the Memorial:

My Darling

You think I am of the earth Earthly

But really I am like a ballet dancer

Poised briefly with just the tip of one toe

To the earth

But so attuned I catch the music

Hear naught of anything else

And go dancing on and on

To interpret the music that I hear

God plucks the chords of the harp

For my dancing

But one day I shall lift my toe

From the earth

And you shall find me

Only in the music you hear

For then I shall go

Just music

BY MARGARET SANDERS

The Jelly Fish

I was asked if I could do a Jelly Fish. I tried, and here is the result:

Ceramic Bowl, "Jelly Fish" L 12"

Ceramic Bowl glazed "Jelly Fish" L 12" Detail



Welcome to Art in Florida. Today's Opening of my Art Show

WELCOME TO ART IN FLORIDA

Happy New Year 2013

Take Time to Smell the Flowers.

Francoise-Marie Thein. Mosaic / Polymers

Left Turn. Alabaster. H 13"5

Françoise -Marie Thein

The Pink Shoe. Mosaic, Fused Glass Mixed Media

Françoise -Marie Thein

Cinderella's Shoe. Mosaic, Fused Glass Mixed Media

Françoise -Marie Thein



La Danse sur le Nénuphar. Bronze.H16", 40,5 cm
Françoise -Marie Thein

Mosaic / Mirror (20"x20")

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"Frangipanier" and Royal Palm reflected in the mirror



                      Le Chat, Francoise-Marie Thein, Naples, Florida, Mosaic - Mixed Media 

                     

Sunset in Naples Florida, Francoise-Marie Thein, Mosaic - Mixed Media 18x24
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Dear Friends:

Welcome to Art in Florida.

Please enjoy your visit and come back frequently. You'll find here the evolving story of my art in its various expressions, sculpture, (stone, bronze, terra cotta), fused glass, mosaics and paintings.

Francoise-Marie Thein