Drama Queen
The portrait turned up today (see picture). I was also at the Air event in Colchester tonight talking about my key issues with David Kefford and Caroline Wright. I overcame my nervousness by transforming into a complete clown but that’s ok. I did discover from David that the commissions east ‘man with a van’ was in fact not turning up on Wednesday so my panic was completely unfounded. All I need to do is learn to pick up the phone and talk to people rather than stewing in my own juices. Anyway all I have to do now is flounce off to the framers on my way to work tomorrow and everything will be lovely again. I also had a message from Alison at the Foundling Museum, she is a step closer to coralling the very shy trustees. I now feel invincible, nothing can possibly go wrong.
Lost in Peru
The lenticular was meant to turn up Friday, so I waited in all day, but no show. I finally got through to the company who sent it and they said it left Thursday for guaranteed next day delivery. This is a new definition of guaranteed that I haven’t come across before. After a brief discussion and a bit of phoning round we worked out that it should arrive Monday (when I won’t be able to be around for collection) or it might have gone to Peru by mistake. Either way there is no way I’ll be able to get it framed in time for collection by the Commissions East van. So hopefully I will be faced with lugging it across London just in time for the opening, or a trip to Peru. Clearly its going to look awful if I don’t have the work to show. My rank of ’emerging artist’ will be revoked, my wife will leave me and dogs will cross the street to avoid me.
So far I have:
an opera with no music
a missing portraita non existent film (still waiting for the Trustees)I may be in a somber mood at the AIR talk on Monday.
