The Paris artist painting through lockdown

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Lina Nordin Gee aka @parisianpostcards on Instagram has been painting a watercolour every day about Paris, France, and famous French faces.

She's the guest on today's podcast, sharing the stories behind her paintings, what it's like to have your real job put on hold, and what it's like to host a Paris-themed quiz night every weekend.

Links:

Lina's paintings on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/parisianpostcards/

Lina's prints to buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/parisianpostcards

Lina's shoes and handbags here: https://www.deuxiemestudios.com/

Support The Earful Tower on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Get my memoir here: https://theearfultower.com/memoir/

Subscribe on YouTube for pub quizzes here: https://www.youtube.com/theearfultower

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, you're listening to the Earful Tower podcast. My name is Oliver G. And if you're new
0:05.4	around here, there's a chance that you came directly from the New York Times, which featured this
0:11.6	very podcast as one of the best, he said, one of the best travel podcast for wandering ears.
0:17.9	So that's up there with like Disney and fromers and stuff like that. That was
0:23.3	big news. I'm excited. If you've come from there, welcome to the show. It's about Paris. It's about
0:28.2	France. And often, especially in times of lockdown, I'm joined by my wife, Lena. Hello, that's
0:35.1	me. That is you. Quickly becoming one of the most regular guests on the show.
0:40.8	You know, I'm easily available to you, I guess.
0:44.3	Mostly because you're my wife, but mostly really because we're in lockdown.
0:49.2	Yep.
0:49.7	And in Paris, we haven't been allowed to leave the house without good reason for...
0:54.5	About a month?
0:55.1	It is about a month now.
0:56.2	Yeah.
0:56.6	I was thinking to do in the next episode about surprising things that have changed in Paris
1:01.0	due to the lockdown.
1:02.1	Oh, really?
1:02.6	Can you give a little hint?
1:03.9	Well, I've talked a lot about the birds.
1:05.5	Yes, that's an obvious thing.
1:07.6	Yeah, when we're doing the pub quiz the other night, someone commented, do you see this?
1:11.6	They commented, there are birds outside my window, they said.
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