The "Peace In St. Martin" Comes To The 'Beach House'" Story

It was an ordinary day.  I just opened a parcel that had arrived from England that had been sent to me by Mair Pattersun.  Back in December of 2016 I wrote a story about two artists who had lived together for some time on the island of Saint Martin.  They were talented artists as well as musicians who lived and sold their artwork in the small town of Grand Case on the French side of St. Martin/Sint Maarten.  Carol and I bought three prints online from Frenchy Loeb and one print from Mair Pattersun in a gift shop at Club Orient which is located at the end of world renowned Orient Beach.  I posted on TravelTalkOnline (TTOL) that we would love to buy a few more prints from Mair, but didn't know how to reach her.  Wasn't long before I had an answer on TTOL with Mair's email address.  Contacted her and before long she sent me a few samples she thought Carol and I might enjoy.  We chose one of her prints and it is the parcel which I just opened.  The print is titled "Peace in St. Martin" and is painted with acrylics much the same as our other print we have from her titled "Parosols, Club O, St. Martin".  

"Peace in St. Martin" on the left with "Parasols, Club O,
St. Martin.  Click to enlarge

Mair uses acrylics most of the time since it dries more quickly than oils and you may not carry oil paints onto a plane unless they are in your checked in luggage.  She told me that the print we purchased was painted with a palette knife rather then brushes.  She also pointed out that when she paints, she uses a very limited palette with only cadmium red, ultramarine, turqoise, yellow, purple and white.  A limited palette was encouraged for artists when she went to ArtCollege in the UK.  As I opened the package I noticed what I thought to be packing material, but turned out to be a CD.  What a pleasant surprise it was to listen to music that Mair had written for the CD.  

Cover from our new CD.  Artwork and music by Mair.

The CD is titled "Warm Blue Waters" and reminds me of new-age music since it exhibits the same qualities of artistic inspiration, relaxation and optimism that are the basis of new-age music.  Her keyboard renditions carry titles such as Re-Awakening, Always, Spirit of My Spirit and When Love Begins.  So soothing that I could easily doze off if needed.  She noted that she gets a chance to play on Agatha Christie's piano once a week between February and December.  As the music was playing Carol said, "Where did you get that CD?"  Told her it was a gift from Mair.  We both enjoyed the relaxing music.  Carol mentioned, "It's as if we were back in St. Martin."  Now I need to find a suitable mat and frame for our new addition to our Beach House.  It is going to find a place where our friends and family will get a chance to see it in the near future.  Many thanks to Mair for her wonderful talent and prints as well as her musical gift she sent to us.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.  PS - If you would like to purchase one of Mair's prints or CDs, email her at: mairpattersun@yahoo.com