i’m jealous of johnny bull
Ooh la la! Lovely little french storefronts, pulled out of their environments, dropped against color-blocked backgrounds, and painted oh so sweetly by Johnny Bull. As far as I can tell from his blog posts, he was actually living in France while he did this work. Here is that post, from 2011:
I love ’em, those French and their cheeky shops. The chocolatier Joël Durand has a shop that just reeks of class and, er, chocolate; you’d think he was part of a huge chain with all his specially printed boxes and tissue paper. There’s a universe of difference in attitude between us when it comes to service; don’t ask me why, it’s a bit more of a vocation with them. I’d feel quite happy going to work at the Folie Du Pain… How couldn’t anyone? What a beautiful place. Full of attitude and all of it friendly.
{ps. kind of reminds me of these flying houses from a few weeks ago… except that these aren’t flying, and they’re not photographs… but you know, other than that.}
Oh la la indeed! Vive la belles maisons…;-)
love these. the colors in those first 3 are magical!
Those color combos made me fly through the roof.
So quaint! I love it!
… and now I want to go to France! le sigh.
Ooo, I love these! They have such a collage-y feel to them. And yes, before I ever read the post, I thought to myself, “Oh, these remind me so much of Laurent Chehere’s work!”. Great find!
don’t they!? and both of them make me want to eat ice cream and baguettes in france!
Why thank you so much.
I’m a little jealous too; your chatty, lovely site is a joy to behold. Well, joy cut with a bit of annoyance!
jb
um… thank you? ; )
Bloomin’ marvellous I say.
ps
I meant annoyance in a very jealous way. This is a lovely blog. Grrr…