This Time in Seoul

I finally made it to Heyri! I’d been planning to visit this village of art galleries, museums and architectural gems for over a month and today was the day. I’d read about this village and all that it has to offer and thought that it would be a great opportunity to acquire more photos for my ongoing Design project. So, I took a one and a half hour bus ride outside of Seoul. Hmm, to say that I froze my butt off would be an exxageration but it was COLD folks. December is big month for design here in Seoul! Great things are coming! I really do think that my next country of residence will have to have a temperature of 70-75 degrees everyday.

I walked around this village for three hours only to find galleries of interesting art but nothing of what I wanted and needed to find.  I took a chance, and well, all was not lost. I did meet a wonderful woman who happened to be the Director of Keumsan Gallery, Angie Lee.  She spoke impeccable French, comme moi et these potraits painted by Seo Young-a were still in the gallery. These paintings have soul, you can see that the artist clearly loves her subjects and give them a dignity that is rarely seen in some portraits of humans.  It made the trip to Heyri, on such a cold day, worthwhile. 

Yes, my next life will be filled with sunshine everyday and one or two lovely dogs, a great husband, and my two sons, et mon amant Brasilien (je blague!) et Catherine, et surtout et toujours beaucoup d’amour!!!!