testing out the hammock

the quality christmas tree – holly of course

huddling before the warmth of the fire;-)

arundel castle

chatting to babs who is in latvia or somesuch place

I say that parking fine must have cut like a knife!!! Those cardssound slike a dead cert to me – keep churning them out. you could have a nice ‘set’ collection for next year. a small mistake with the price though – they should have been at least 1 pound 50 and then they would have gone towrds the fine!!! i will take over all arangements and the money will come rolling in i say!!! you could hang them in my pottery shop ‘glugs’ when i get one!!!
a bit of alright though i say. 150 of the best sounds about fine to me if they are in frames and with acompaniying story. a childrens books sounds like a good idea to me. a cheery story full of colourful pictures which will then sell like hot cakes! all in all most pleasing news. even if you havn’t exibited everywhere, if someone thinks you have then there must be something good about the paintings! i would have gone for the full weekend myself but i suppose you get a wider audience if you have them in one place for a while. good egg i say! i will try and phone tonight, that is my tonight with the new cheap phone card we have somehow only discivered now!!!! i find this most ditressing especially as i spent $20 on a card to phone granny and it lasted all of 3 mins! curse the person who sonld it to me for telling mwe it wasd the cheapest option!
cheersT

I was in the craft shop in Bognor in late summer looking for a mount cutter (being mean, I ended up buying a cheap, bendy craft knife, so my home made mounts are seriously crooked; but I do like the look of my paintings in a big frame) and I saw a flyer on the wall offering artists free hanging space at the Alexandra theatre. I emailed them and got a reply from someone who claimed to have seen my stuff in the (Bognor?) Observer Magazine and was happy to hang it. Clearly, she was mistaken, since I’m unaware of it appearing anywhere; but I went to see her. She steamrollered me into it. It was either a dedicated exhibition in the small theatre room over a weekend when I would have to be in attendance, or a two to three weeks stint in the main foyer. I chose the latter; and the first date she had available was next April.

I don’t feel overwhelmed with enthusiasm. It was a wet day, I had parked close to the theatre so I could get some paintings out, but she didn’t want to see them. I ended up getting a thirty quid parking fine!!!

What I’m really after is a space – a cafÈ, or something – where I can hang two or three paintings indefinitely, calling in every month or so to change them over. Somewhere the paintings are just an incidental part of the scenery, rather than the main reason for people being there.

Emma suggested making a children’s book. She had an eight month old who seemed to enjoy seeing my pics on the walls. So, now I’m thinking of writing some simple accompanying bits. Mireille is an enthusiast, too, who suggests a minimum price of £150!

The ‘comment’ was from the theatre blurb. The organiser has evidently got it into her head that I’m some sort of established artist, with many solo exhibitions to my name!

The cards were for a one day event in Chi. I sold £9 worth, at 50p a shot. What I need is an agent.

I don’t get that comment thingy. i tried to write sopmthing but it doesn’t appear to be working! did you exibit? well known in chi you say!!!!
what happened to the cards? did you do others? well, nice to talk and i will send mail soonest
T

Upcoming events:

27th April ñ 17th May “Figurative Representations” Watercolours by Nicholas Brockbank 01243 552662 dod@dodman.org foyer. Well known Chichester exhibitor.

Mmm!!!!!