There is a hotel /bar /restaurant in Collioure, the hotel les Templiers, where the walls are lined with the paintings of famous artists including Matisse and Picasso. Apparently many were given in payment by the artists for lodgings in the hotel.
We are lucky enough to have quite a few people who visit us each year. Obviously we are rewarded in the main by their company but inevitably we are also "paid" in wine, English treats, meals out and yes folks - this year with a painting!
This year we welcomed a new friend - Steve who is Australian of aboriginal descent and who also happens to be a talented artist working in traditional Aboriginal style. He was accompanying some other Australian visitors and stayed only one night but he very generously gave us one of his lovely paintings. We have had it framed and it is now hanging in our guest bedroom and very splendid it looks too. We are very pleased with the way it has been mounted to preserve the character of the rough cut paper.
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