Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) was a piano virtuoso and composer, and a great humanitarian – in those days he was kind of a rockstar in the classical world. In 1919 he became the first Prime Minister of Independent Poland after WW1. He is famously quoted as saying: “If I miss one day of practice, I…
Tag: sketching daily
A view from the train and evening sketches
Last August I started painting in acrylics again, thanks to Tricia’s encouragement while we were in Paris. When we moved to France I gave away or sold most of my acrylic paints and their accoutrements. So to start up again required some shopping, oh, darn. I did this painting from a photo I took while…
