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Exploring Guernsey III. - Liberation Day 2018

9/21/2018

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas Dakota, Liberation Day, Chanel Islands, Guernsey

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Douglas C - 47 Skytrain or Douglas Dakota, as it was called by the RAF, was an American built military transport aircraft which saw widespread use by the Allies during WWII.

This particular aircraft was built in 1944 and is one of the few surviving ones which had been never changed technically (except for the nowadays mandatory GPS system)

Some pressing business distracted me in the recent months. Thus I wasn't able to post some more photographs of our spring journey to Channel Island of Guernsey.
Very interesting - at least for a WWII airplane enthusiast - was the possibility to 'tour' this C-47 on Liberation Day. It was 'starring' recently in the movie THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY

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Here I show you a couple of pictures of this famous 'veteran'. Enjoy!

Our latest Undertaking

7/23/2018

Our latest undertaking lead us to ... yes! ... Vianden Castle.
As always a magnificent place to stay and exhibit.
This time we show besides our 'normal works' a series of paintings illustrating medieval bathing customs.
Join us for a journey in time to the world of medieval bath houses.
You find us in Salle Charles Arendt from 10 am to 6 pm until 26th August.

Unsere jüngste Unternehmung führte uns nach ... ja! ... Schloß Vianden.
Wie immer ein großartiger Platz für einen Aufenthalt und eine Ausstellung.
Dieses Mal zeigen wir neben unseren 'normalen Arbeiten' eine Bilderserie die mittelalterliche Badegepflogenheiten illustriert.
Kommt mit uns auf eine Zeitreise in die Welt mittelalterlicher Badehäuser.
Ihr findet uns im Saal Charles Arendt noch bis zum 26. August, täglich von 10 - 18 Uhr.

Here a few impressions of our exhibition room.
Hier noch ein paar Eindrücke von unserem Ausstellungsraum.

Alisande goes on a Journey through Time

7/5/2018

It's not exactly easy when you have to deal with teenagers but when you have to deal with a time travelling sixteen year old girl it can definitely drive you nuts.
What are you telling her when she wants to have a night out?
Make sure not to hang out around the Bastille in Paris on 14th July 1789 or don't schedule a holiday on the beaches of Normandy around 6th June 1944 ...
Well, regarding travelling our virtual apprentice Alisande is providing us time

and again with quite a few challenges ... to put it carefully.
When she wants to go for a stroll through time and I warn her of some historical incidents, she gets a bit sulky sometimes and calls me overprotective ...

(Cor blimey! Sometimes he's really just fretting too much. He always forgets that I was born in the Hundred Years War, that I was raised in the Hundred Years War and that until I made my debut in the 21st century I had spent my life in the Hundred Years War.)

... and tells me that after all she was born and raised during the Hundred Years War and I shouldn't worry so much since she had thus a good sense of looming peril ...
However, I have my reasons to warn her ... see which kind of 'souvenirs' she brought back from one of her latest trips ...

Lucky Strike Cigarettes, 8th Air Force Badge, lucky charm, B-17 start and landing checklist, AAF Guide 1941, Buffalo Nickels

... not exactly calming you down, isn't it.
When I asked the damsel where she had been, she told me that she had somehow ended up in a place called RAF Rattlesden, somewhere near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England. There she had met a group of ten young fellows who invited her for a 'sightseeing flight' to Germany with a 'birdlike thing they called Fortress' ...

I had an uneasy sense of the time frame ... and Bingo! ... I was right.
Later our dear Alisande showed me this yellowed sketch which was signed 'Sandy Painter / Rattlesden, UK, 1944' the rest was a bit illegible but could have read 447th B .... Gr...p / ... nd Air Div...n / 8th .... ce.

I wasn't quite surprised when she was talking about sort of a rough welcome in the skies over Germany ...
Alisande also told me that after their return the 'ten good sirs' had insisted that she acted model for one of their mates who painted an image of her on the nose of this 'birdlike thing'

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Exploring Guernsey II. - The Beaches

6/22/2018

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Alisande Ysabella Peyntour

When we met here the other day I talked about those magnificent cliff paths and coastal walks of Guernsey.
But did I also tell you about the beaches?
No?
Goodness gracious me! You have to see them!
They are absolutely wonderful.
Along the coastal line you find the whole variety of seascapes. There are gritty beaches with rather big pebble stones like Petit Bot Bay and parts of my favourite - Fermain Bay, stony beaches with impressive granite boulders like Grandes Roques or Port Soif at low tide and lots of

stretched sandy beaches such as Vazon Bay or Cobo Bay in the West of the island.
By your leave, I'll lead the way. If you will follow me I'll gladly show you round.

Exploring Guernsey I. - The Cliff Paths

6/13/2018

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Alisande Ysabella Peyntour

Walking the cliff or coastal paths with my apprentice master and his wife was one of the activities I loved most. Time and again it was a bit ... say ... challenging to walk up and down but after almost every bend and turn of the path you were rewarded with breathtaking views. Just look and see!

This is the spot were Norman drew an illustration of me sitting in the grass. It's just heavenly there.
The beautiful bay you can see in the background is called Fermain Beach.
There is a Beach Café I can only highly commend to you.

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Here you can see now the cliff walks I raved about

Portae Temporis II. - Vianden Castle in the Year of Our Lord 2018

6/8/2018

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Alisande Ysabella Peyntour

Last week I traveled together with 'The Claw', my apprentice master and his wife to Vianden in the Ardennes.
On the weekend a merry festival was held there at the castle and a lot of 'Time Travelers' and other guests were welcomed.
You could see amazing people, crafts and arts from many eras.
You could meet valiant knights, gentle ladies, hardbitten mercenaries, scholars and doctors and of course lots of craftspeople and artists. My master

and his wife introduced the guests into our art and daily work-life as [15th century] painters. Here you can see some pictures of our workshop.

Spring Exhibition at the Coach-house Gallery in Guernsey

5/22/2018

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Right now you can see nearly fourty of my works at the COACH-HOUSE GALLERY in Guernsey (Les Islets, St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey).
The exhibition MEDIEVAL INSPIRATIONS will run through Friday 8th June 2018.
The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday, 11.00am to 5.00pm.
You're welcome to join me here for a virtual tour through the exhibition rooms.

However, I must tell you there is nothing like visiting this lovely gallery in real life ...

Zur Zeit könnt Ihr fast vierzig meiner Arbeiten in der COACH-HOUSE GALLERY auf der Kanalinsel Guernsey sehen (Les Islets, St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey). Die Ausstellung MEDIEVAL INSPIRATIONS wird noch bis Freitag den 8. Juni laufen. Die Galerie ist von Montag bis Samstag, jeweils von 11 bis 17 Uhr geöffnet.
Hier möchte ich Euch schon einmal zu einer virtuellen Tour durch die Galerieräume einladen.
Ich muß Euch allerdings sagen, daß nichts über einen Besuch dieser liebenswerten Galerie im richtigen Leben geht ...

Works on the Seaside Series is going well

3/12/2018

The work on the Seaside Illustrations is going well right now. Could finish another piece with my two heroes the other day. I decided to depict them in a bluebell wood on a ridge next to the sea shore.

Die Arbeit an meiner Küstenlandschaftsserie geht im Augenblick ganz gut voran. Konnte kürzlich eine weitere Arbeit mit meinen zwei Helden fertigstellen. Ich entschied mich, sie in enem "Bluebell" Wäldchen darzustellen, das auf einer Kuppe in der Nähe der Meeresküste liegt.

Though being a cat Master Harry handles the question of transportation the top dog way ...

Harry klärt Transportfragen nach Boss- Manier

Alisande Ysabella Peyntour, Buchmalerei, medieval manuscripts, BluebellWood, Guernsey

Alisande Ysabella Peyntour

Yet another Illustration finished

2/14/2018

Works on my new illustrations make good progress. Today I could finish another motif of my seaside series, featuring ... guess whom ...

Die Arbeiten an meinen neuen Illustrationen machen gute Fortschritte. Heute konnte ich ein weiteres Motiv aus der 'Meeresküsten Serie' fertigstellen ... ratet mal, wer in der Hauptrolle auftritt ...

Of course ...

Natürlich ...

Alisande Ysabella Peyntour, Buchmalerei, medieval manuscripts, Fermain Bay, Guernsey

Alisande Ysabella Peyntour

Preparing for one of my 2018 Exhibitions

1/22/2018

Started last weekend to work on some sketches for my spring exhibition. Will need about fifteen new illustrations ...

Habe letztes Wochenende mit der Arbeit an ein paar neuen Skizzen für meine Frühjahrsausstellung begonnen. Brauche ungefähr fünfzehn neue Illustrationen ...

Of course well known celebrities will be with me ...

Bekannte Persönlichkeiten der Zeitgeschichte werden natürlich auch dabei sein ...

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Alisande Ysabella Peyntour & Master Harry

Chapter VI.
The Chronicles III.

In which Alisande and her mousing little rap- scallion will inform you about events, projects, upcoming classes and the latest ongoings in our studio.

… And if I'm once in a while really lucky, I might get a word in edgewise …

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