plein la gamelle

Before, I used to get my hair cut each month at a salon in Vertou. But it all went pear-shaped last time I went in. I’d just gone to get my hair straightened, but the stylist was totally drunk, and I came out with a pudding-bowl cut. I was completely traumatized. Now, whenever a hairdresser tries to touch my hair I start growling and barking. I had to totally stop going to the stylist’s, and little by little I let myself go, became a wild animal. I was like a raging German Shephard. I howled in the woods at night, and nipped the ankles of passers-by… But my New Year’s resolutions for 2016 are evidence that I can no longer live like a savage beast. I’ve started to eat more healthily, and I needed to find a new hairdresser: one that could control me physically, and handle my aggressive streak. It’s done! From now on I’ll be looking after my hair care at La Kage. And with this new style, and fresh clothes, I’m ready to meet the challenges of a busy life!

Gluten-free canvases and well-groomed German Shepherds now on display at La Kage until Saturday 5 March.

In an Australian gallery 16,900km from Vertou’s church, a hippy couple stand in a reverie before our latest painting. He, moustachioed, is wearing a capacious fur coat. She sports a band of red fabric woven into caramel hair; a long dress hints at shapely thighs beneath. 

We knew Michaël well, he was a good man but worn by touring and the star system. He used to come over to Vertou in order to have a break from home, his wild Neverland, as he called it. The first few days, he’d sleep a lot, he was so worn out. We’d cook him a lot of black puddings to help him recover, put some iron back in him! Once he got better, we made him practice sport : football, abs, push ups, all that. And, little by little, he’d get better. We also used to spend long nights by the fire discussing things the things he liked: dolphins, the sleek lines of the peugeot 3008… He ordered the portrait from us many years ago but we’d never had the time to do it… And now he’s gone, to the worms and the moles. At last we have fulfilled our vow to him. This painting is our sincere tribute to a wonderful man. You’ll always be in our hearts Michaël, we love you, homie!