Helene was invited , along with Mimi and Deb, to the estate owned by Napa designer Thomas Bartlett to paint along with one of his guests, Margrit Mondavi. Ms. Mondavi is an accomplished painter, and is Vice President of Cultural Affairs at Robert Mondavi Winery. A pioneering woman of the modern-day California wine industry, she joined the winery in 1967, pursuing a life-long interest in uniting wine with fine arts, music and culinary artistry. Under her direction, Robert Mondavi Winery developed original cultural and culinary arts programs that are now benchmarks for the wine world."She created a showplace for painters, sculptors, photographers, jazz and classical musicians and the great chefs and winemakers of the world," said Robert G. Mondavi. This is according to Wikipedia.
Ms. Mondavi took a liking to Helene's work in fibre arts and they had a great visit together. She even invited Helene to visit her in Napa. She is a beautiful woman who is a wonderful artist.
This is Margrit painting a watercolor on the patio. The grounds of the estate are behind her and it is just beautiful ! Helene spent a lot of her time sketching around in the gardens. You hear the sound of the waves as tthe beach is just beside the property. Helene found it was very inspiring !
A few minutes later. We see Margarit's work in progress. It is a scene from San Miquel. It was very colorful as she is very expressive.
Here we see Helene's work , a still life that she created there with her watercolour in the background and her fibre art in the foreground. The hybiscus is a flower that is found all over in Tom's garden.
These pots were individually hand-painted in the special tone of blue that Tom requested.
This beautiful fountain sits in the yard amongst huge palm trees with the house in the background. The house is decorated in blue, white and cream colours.
Helene used one of my bowls for a still life to sketch there. She has been invited back to the estate again tomorrow to paint with Margrit again. She is very grateful to Mimi, Deb and Sarah for this wonderful opportunity.
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