See Art Now: Summer Exhibitions | Expositions d'été

 That time of year again!


Bonjour!

Have you noticed that summertime brings out the artist in all of us?

Summer art fairs, summer exhibitions, art in the street......

What does that mean for this artist?

It means six opportunities to exhibit during the height of the summer, bringing artists and community together!

In France:

1 Solo exhibition: Magical Landscapes

2 Solo exhibiton: L'architecture creusoise

3 Group exhibition: Exposition estivale, Lez'arts Sud 23

4 Group exhibition: Exposition estivale, Plateau des Arts, Trois-Fonds

5 Group exhibition: 1001 mouvements, Plateau des Arts, Giat

And in America:

6. Group exhibition: Together We Dazzle

Lines And Energy, by René Shoemaker - Magical Landscapes

I love to share art with you, as well as with the rest of the world. I'm so pleased there are so many opportunities to do so this year!

Rue Des Méris, Aubusson, by René Shoemaker - L'architecture creusoise

Pont Roby, Felletin (aubergine) by René Shoemaker - Lez'ArtsSud 23 Exposition estivale

I'll be exhibiting with the Plateau des Arts association in the charming Église Ste-Anne at Trois-Fonds in July. I've always wanted to exhibit in a church; what a beautiful setting! It only seemed appropriate to submit my paintings of area churches for that display:

Église Ste-Croix d'Aubusson, by René Shoemaker - Plateau des Arts Exposition estivale

In the States, it's important to me to maintain connections and to support the Ehlers-Danlos research fund, so I’m pleased to be participating for the third year in the Athens’ summer exhibition: Together We Dazzle.

And now,

To make it easier to share the news with my French friends and collectors, I am now including the news en français—thanks to the DeepL, the online translator which makes this job so easy!

Enjoy!

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Exhibiton Schedule​
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​March - September 30, 2025​
​​L'architecture creusoise​
​Café des Arts​
2 Pl. Maurice Dayras
23200 Aubusson

June 24 - July 12, 2025
​Reception, June 28, 4 p.m.​
​​Lez'ArtsSud 23 : Exposition estivale​​
​2 Espace Charles de Gaulle​
23200 Aubusson
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​July 13 - July 26, 2025
​Reception, July 13, 5 p.m.​
​​Plateau des Arts : Exposition estivale​
​Église Ste-Anne
Trois-Fonds
23230 Ventenat​​

August 9 - 20, 2025​
​Plateau des Arts : 1001 mouvements ​​
Halle de Giat
Place du Champs de Foire
63620 Giat​
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​July 21 - August 3, 2025​
​Magical Landscapes​
​Galerie AM'Carta
1 rue de l'Abreuvoir
(Pont de la Terrade)
23200 Aubusson

August 1 - October 16, 2025​
​Together We Dazzle​
​K. A. Artist Shop
127 N. Jackson St.
Athens, GA 30601
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C'est à nouveau cette période de l'année !

Bonjour,

Avez-vous remarqué que l'été fait ressortir l'artiste qui sommeille en chacun de nous ?

Salons d'art estivaux, expositions estivales, art dans la rue...

Qu'est-ce que cela signifie pour cet artiste ?

Cela signifie six occasions d'exposer au plus fort de l'été, réunissant artistes et communauté !

En France :

Exposition solo : Paysages magiques

Exposition solo : L'architecture creusoise

Exposition collective : Exposition estivale, Lez'arts Sud 23

Exposition collective : Exposition estivale, Plateau des Arts, Trois-Fonds

Exposition collective : 1001 mouvements, Plateau des Arts, Giat

Et en Amérique :

6. Exposition collective : Together We Dazzle

-image: Lines And Energy, par René Shoemaker - Paysages magiques

J'adore partager mon art avec vous, ainsi qu'avec le reste du monde. Je suis ravi qu'il y ait autant d'occasions de le faire cette année !

-image: Rue Des Méris, Aubusson, par René Shoemaker - L'architecture creusoise

-image: Pont Roby, Felletin (aubergine) par René Shoemaker - Lez'ArtsSud 23 Exposition estivale

Je vais exposer avec l'association Plateau des Arts dans la charmante Église Ste-Anne à Trois-Fonds ; j'ai toujours voulu exposer dans une église. Quel cadre magnifique ! Il m'a semblé tout à fait approprié de soumettre mes peintures des églises de la région pour cette exposition.

-image: Église Sainte-Croix d'Aubusson, par René Shoemaker - Plateau des Arts Exposition estivale

Aux États-Unis, il est important pour moi de maintenir des liens et de soutenir le fonds de recherche Ehlers-Danlos, c'est pourquoi je suis très heureux de participer pour la troisième année consécutive à l'exposition estivale d'Athens : Together We Dazzle.

A bientôt,

-René

Art as Poetry, Poetry as Art

3691 23rd Street, San Francisco

a. Numbers on a door

windows surround

sidewalk slopes

teeny-tiny welcome mat.

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b. Skinny door

reflections of a city

clapboard sidings

going on forever.

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c. San Francisco

blue house

on the corner.

sloping sidewalk rises

to the door.

The numbers are the focus here

the tiny welcome mat

the mail slot

inviting news from afar.

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d. The wood-framed window

is off-center and

off-axis.

The melding glass

reflects

the bustling

city

behind me.

---

e. ______
l 3691 l

Black lettering in

a deep turquoise

sea.

Clapboard slats

painted over

centuries.

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f. Teeny-tiny

welcome mat

Warm heart

opens the door

when I knock.

**

My love spills

into

the bronze

mail

slot.

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g. 3.6.9.1.

Vertical lines rise to the sky

horizontal boards ground us.

The streets of San Francisco

e
s
i
r

to the sky.

The sky that is

reflected

in the

off-

center

windows and the

skylight

above

that

skinny

door.

The memory of the city

reflected in those
____ _____
l win l l dows l

no one can see

but can imagine

my joy

of discovery

in that

/ space /

and

/ time / .

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Thanks for your patience for reading through all those poems! It was so much fun* to write and explore these ideas.

Tell me, which snippet do you prefer?

How would you respond to the painting; what would you say about it—write a little poem and share it with me!

Happy summertime,

-René

Paris / Athens / New York / Toronto: Returning Home

In my early twenties, I went to see my sister who lived in upstate New York.

Before I arrived, her daughters asked, “Where does René live, Mama?”

My sister said to them: “René doesn’t have a home.”

Ouch.

Those were during my wandering years.

Athens, GA: 1.Morning mist in the woods of Georgia 2.Sam Sutlive at Jittery Joe's 3.René art in an Athens collector’s home

Where is your home? 

Now I have a home. Or three. Maybe four. It's not that I own houses in all those places, its just that the feeling of 'home' comes to me strongly when I am there.

I happily traveled this past month to three locations:

1. Athens, GA, USA

2. New York City, USA

3. Toronto, Canada

Then back home again to:

4. Aubusson, France

New York, NY: 1.Manhattan rooftop inspiration 2.René art at the Shade Bar in the Village 3.Kate Sutlive in SoHo

What is the sensation of home? 

I felt perfectly at home in each of those locations. I felt the sense of peace that we have when we feel like we belong. Like we have a place there. That we have friends, and relatives, and locations that mean the world to us.

I realized it is perfectly okay to have more than one home.

A place where our dreams are formed and realized.

What place makes you feel really good? How do you share it?

Toronto, Canada: 1.Royal Ontario Museum 2.Downtown Toronto 3.René & Yvonne as twins

I like going away, and I like returning home again.

And why is Paris in the title above, you may ask?

Because that is where it all starts. A day and a night in Paris, a good coffeeshop visit, and walking along the Seine, and visiting my favorite street, rue de Bièvre, on the Left Bank, just across from Notre-Dame.

Comment below, and let me know; where do you feel most at home?

What Do I Mean by ‘A Sense of Place’?

When you’re walking down a dirt road, do you feel calmness and a sense of place?

When you're sitting in nature, a forest or your garden, do you feel grounded with a sense of place?

When you look up at a really tall building in a grand city, do you feel a particular excitement giving you a sense of place?

When you look out over the ocean at the vast horizon, are you connected to the cosmos, and do you feel a sense of your place in it?

When you look up at the wispy clouds in the clear blue sky, are you filled with wonder, and do you feel a sense of awe?

I do.

How can we capture that moment of wonder and awe, and keep it with us?

Art brings that to us.

Art grounds us to our inner senses, our memories, and our sense of wonder. And while creating my artworks, I aim to convey that beautiful sense of awe and wonder with you.

Through my art, I am sharing my curiosity, my sensibility, my awe, and my world view with you.

By sharing my paintings, I share what I have seen, what I have experienced, what I have perceived—can you feel it when you look at them?

Will you come along on this adventure? Can we share this beautiful world of discovery together?

We can share experiences such as...

​J. Goebel Stable. Greenwich Village, NYC

...discovering a horse stable in the heart of New York City...

The Mysterious Journey of the Walking Bird in the Rain

...or the mysterious journeys of a bird that walks in the rain in the Deep South.

​#36 rue de Beaumont, Felletin

How about dancing houses perched on a hill in a park, overlooking the church bell tower in a lively French town?

​Rue de Thermopyles, Paris 14th

Or an exquisite, quiet lane located in the bustling metropolis of Paris?

Tell me, how would you define "a sense of place"?

I am thankful that we can share these adventures together,

-René

*all the paintings are available for purchase at http://www.reneshoemaker.com/shop-shoemaker-art