"The Count of Monte Christo"

"The Count of Monte Cristo"

On permanent display at the Consulat de Monte Cristo.

This was a commissioned period piece, with characters envisioned from the book "The Count of Monte Cristo." The building in the background is a semifore telegraph; the French would send signals that way across vast distances in mere moments via tower to tower. The outfits are true to the year 1844. The uniform is as accurate as I could make it for a telegraph operator in France; in the book, the character on your left is getting news of a mishap involving his own fraudulent activity!

Thank you Kent for your inspiration.

There has always been an unspoken kinship between French people and the American people. The French have such a culture fantastique. Hope you enjoy...

The Count of Monte Cristo by Neal Cronic



À mes amis français; merci pour ce livre merveilleux et tous les dons de la culture que vous souhaitez mettre sur la planète.






Thank you for visiting. Producing art is my goal. I have enjoyed hosting and teaching art at numerous workshops in the Bellingham Library, am Bellingham's AirBnB art experience artist, have owned and managed an award winning art gallery, painted live numerous times including at the Consulat d' Monte Cristo where I was host of "An Evening of Art at the Consulat," painted live at and all around the Hotel Bellwether and have produced large scale art as well most recently at the Hotel Montreal (bldg year 1890) on the library ceiling. A recent fun gig was an invite to paint live from the Lynden Music Festival; it was so fun. Thanks for looking at this site.