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APRIL - 2001  

366 horizontal insights in the private life of RGF for a better understanding of his work by the 'accidental navigator'. This project will be made (as in a jail sentence) with one year + a day of images and texts.
 
 
  01 - 04 - 01: Disaster. During chaos, two paintings have been damaged. Arancha is certain that a good restoration is possible; I feel at ease!!
  02 - 04 - 01: Family reunion to celebrate Javier's birthday. María I. Olivier L. Luz M.... Melissa comes in a few days
  03 - 04 - 01: 7 September 1937. My grandfather Rafael sells his factory of cookies. Tere L. has found the original document and she sent it to me
  04 - 04 - 01: As the real flowers, many people die too soon. (In Memoriam Antonio N.R.)
 05 - 04 - 01:  Billy Elliot, I loved this film 
 06 - 04 - 01: Frames, frames, frames for the exhibition in La Coruña and it is hardly any time left...
  07 - 04 - 01:  Searching for the 'Valley of the Roses' (in Miriam and Kardán´s home)

  08 - 04 - 01:  It was a surprise. Mark and Brian did not know we were going to be at the airport
  09 - 04 - 01: Everything was full, but... we end up in my favorite restaurant (Pagasarri). The squids in their ink are very good!!
  10 - 04 - 01: Travels, visits, house redecoration, catalogs, commitments... I am lost.
  11 - 04 - 01: Mark G. was so impressed with AT VI that... he hopes to have it one day in his house
  12 - 04 - 01: María U. came this time with Roberto. ' Como la piel', ' Chaeronea', ' Beyond desire'... good election.
  13 - 04 - 01: The screen of the new laptop has an incredible definition!!
  14 - 04 - 01: Vene, Cocó and Totó are impressed with the fireworks in the new laptop!!
  15 - 04 - 01: The 3 boxes containing the paintings for the Coruña solo show are far too heavy for my back. I don''t intend to move them.
  16 - 04 - 01: So far, J. Bayly´s  book 'Los amigos que perdí' seems Interesting... and Javier is in Croatia.
  17 - 04 - 01: EVERY DAY: From the early seventies I am using the same toothpaste.
  18 - 04 - 01: 11,00 am. Coffee with 'churros' and a new project in collaboration with Miguel Z.. José, Luís N. &  Miguel N
  19 - 04 - 01: LA CORUÑA: It is a must, as when I was a child, the snack of chocolate with 'churros' in Bonilla (this time with  my mother)
  20 - 04 - 01: LA CORUÑA: Clara G.came to my exhibition opening. We knew each other after her purchases in  The RGFShop and she is a friend of Antonio G. and Pancho S.!!
  21 - 04 - 01: LA CORUÑA: Marta and Pablo R. showed me their extraordinary house... and  we only knew each other through Internet !!
  22 - 04 - 01: LA CORUÑA: I also went with Antonio G.  to the Museo de Belas Artes where they are showing the whole OTM (On The Move) series.
  23 - 04 - 01: Luís N. has dyed his  hair  blond. I also would like  to do it, but...
  24 - 04 - 01: The selection of works for the 1st. Coronado Prize for Painting & Sculpture was... hard, to say the least
  25 - 04 - 01: Arancha made a perfect restoration of the damaged paintings during the refurbishment of the studio. They look perfect
  26 - 04 - 01: ENCOUNTERS IN THE METRO: In 1994 we met Jesus G.A. in Argentina as a Consul, now he is the new Ambassador in Cuba
  27 - 04 - 01: In the 'Estudio de Pradillo', the printer Julio T. showed me his Antonio López´s etching.
  28 - 04 - 01: The program of the French TV channel TV5 about the last discoveries in Egypt was amazing!!! ( Maya´s tomb etc.)
  29 - 04 - 01: Sally G. (conceptual artist) asked me for a text describing what I see from my window... for a web-art project.
  30 - 04 - 01: Quality of life?... More shelves to store more paintings!